Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
and Improving
Pronunciation with
English Haiku Poetry
Darren Elliott
Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
20th Annual NELTA Conference, Lalitpur, Nepal
February 2015
Conclusions
What is a haiku?
Rules of form
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
(kireji)
cutting word
What is a haiku?
Rules of feeling
(kigo)
seasonal words
a connection to nature
personal experience
a strong visual image
furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
(Matsuo Bash,
1686)
an old pond
a frog jumps
the sound of water
furu ike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
(Matsuo Bash,
1686)
phonology
What is a syllable?
cup
onset /k/
nucleus
//
coda/p/
(ko)
onset /k/ nucleus //
Speakers of
languages which
lack consonant
clusters can benefit
from the tight focus
on phonology
required for English
haiku writing.
grammar
prepositions
articles
saijiki
lexical sets
SPRIN
G
Cherry
Blossoms
Festival
Graduation
Ceremony
Entrance
Ceremony
SUMME
R
Watermelon
Ocean
Shaved Ice
Fireworks
Barbecue
Swimming
Flowers
Mosquito
Strawberry
Beetle
AUTUM
N
WINTE
R
Christmas
New Year
Rice Cake
Crab
Halloween
Gloves
Pumpkin
Snowman
Maple
Skiing
Santa Claus
Leaves
Chestnut
Sweet
Potato
from haiku to
pictures
or from pictures to haiku
| f nd tps f lnt |
wnd wps drzl l n
ma fes |
nd bnm p |
| teri blsmz da |
bt brz n btl l |
vatlti |
SPRIN
G
Cherry
Blossoms
Festival
Graduation
Ceremony
Entrance
Ceremony
SUMME
R
Watermelon
Ocean
Shaved Ice
Fireworks
Barbecue
Swimming
Flowers
Mosquito
Strawberry
Beetle
AUTUM
N
WINTE
R
Christmas
New Year
Rice Cake
Crab
Halloween
Gloves
Pumpkin
Snowman
Maple
Skiing
Santa Claus
Leaves
Chestnut
Sweet
Potato
free writing
choose
choose
choose
choose
a
a
a
a
season
day
picture
moment
tears of graduates
our cheeks are blushing
bright pink
like cherry blossoms
(Rina)
ultraviolet rays
a powerful enemy
for many women
(Shiori)
Conclusions