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The purpose of this paper is to examine the need for cultural awareness in foreign language education and the role of literature in culture courses in the collegiate setting, specifically focusing on the utility of poetry and song. This paper narrowed the genre of investigation to poetry and song based on the argument that,despite its wide-spread unpopularity among students stemming from its abstractness and complexity, poems have a unique advantage over other forms of literature in delivering understanding of certain topics and issues of cultural value. To this end,the link between foreign language learning and culture has been explored, followed by a probe into the role of literature and, more specifically, poetry and song have in facilitating the understanding of a different culture, and how they can be introduced into English language classrooms. Poems and songs that have both literary and cultural value are presented as examples. This paper seeks to find a meeting point between the pragmatic needs of learners struggling to acquire English proficiency and the utility of poetry and literature to assist learners achieve their goal.
