Three by Four Reflections: Synergy: Father and Son in Poetry and Grammar

Some people savor neither poetry nor grammar. Others love poetry, but not grammar. Some dislike poetry, but enjoy analyzing grammar. Finally, there are those excited about both poetry and the structure of the language. Three by Four Reflections uses innovative approaches to understanding poetry and grammar and promotes the synergy between meaning and structure as related to the teaching of English overseas. In a story of synergy between father and son that demonstrates ways that meaning and syntactic infrastructure can be taught interactively, students are provided a father's wit and wisdom in poetry and a son's sample sentences sayings that analyze the meaning and structure of the verses. Included are tools for analyzing and synthesizing the English tense system that help make the shared poetry easier to understand for students who want to learn grammar and find the deeper meaning in lyrical verse while simultaneously gaining wisdom from two one mean's insights about life. Three by Four Reflections shares a father and son's unique approach to educating students in other countries about North American poetry, grammar, and how the two work in conjunction with each other.

Howat Labrum is a Canadian ESL teacher who has taught in Vancouver, Thailand, Malaysia, Saudia Arabia, and South Korea for forty years. His interest in helping people from other countries has been strongly influenced by the poetry and sayings of his father, Harold Labrum. Howat is currently teaching at a university in South Korea.