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Studying English I have always tried to make progress in all the spheres of language learning. I mean not only in grammar, enriching my vocabulary but also in phonetics to sound like a real native speaker. And the last thing caused a lot of problems. As you know, the English sounds, the manner of pronunciation differ greatly. But not so long time ago during our English lessons I got to know about the tradition of Englishmen to write “limericks”- short witty poems – a great combination that not only represents English culture itself and particular English humor but helps to master the pronunciation of the English sounds and makes us feel specific rhythm of the English speech.

Object of the exploration is English folk poetry; limericks are the subject of this research.

we assume that reading limericks in English and their translation into Russian, attempt to present limericks in drawings show us not only the magnificent poetic examples of typical English «absurd» humor, but also the correct phonetic organization of English speech and its rhythm.

Aim of the work is to define the features of the English limericks and continue working on the correct phonetic organization of English speech and its rhythm

we studied some peculiarities of limericks and composed our own limericks. It `s quite interesting to read, to translate and to compose limericks. Learning limericks by heart help us to improve our pronunciation. We enrich our vocabulary when we translate and compose limericks.

It`s very funny and exciting to find rhymes. It can be a sort of hobby. As a result of our work we made a little book of limericks of my own.

В своей работе я исследовал историю возникновения английских лимериков. Лимерик - это стих- бессмыслица, в котором рифмуются первая, вторая, пятая строчки, а третья с четвёртой. Первый автор, который опубликовал книгу лимериков, был Эдвард Лир (1812-1888). Я занялся этим исследованием, чтобы улучшить своё произношение на английском языке. Лимерики очень популярны среди учащихся моего класса: мы учим их наизусть и делаем к ним рисунки. 

Я сочинил несколько лимериков на английском языке и моя однаклассница нарисовала к ним рисунки. В качестве практического выхода мы сделали книгу (см. в приложениях). Очень интересно и увлекательно находить рифмы и сочинять лимерики, и это может стать видом хобби.