This document summarizes a research paper on the history and linguistic peculiarities of Mother Goose rhymes. It discusses the origin of Mother Goose and attempts to identify the real author. It then analyzes the rhymes according to four groups: lullabies, alphabet/counting rhymes, riddles for adults, and rhymes about the secret history of kings and queens. The document also examines the linguistic features of the rhymes and argues they are well-suited for teaching English to children because they appeal to imagination, develop vocabulary, and help learn letters, numbers, and reading in a fun way.

1. Marchenko Kateryna
9-A form

2. History and linguistic peculiarities
of the collection
of the small folk genres
“The Mother Goose Rhymes”

3. The object of research:
are the texts of the
rhymes of Mother
Goose

4. The basic purpose of research
is the linguistic analyze of the
rhymes and researching of
their history.

5. The tasks of the research are:
to research the origin of Mother Goose – as an
author of nursery rhymes;
to systemize the existing classification and identify
the main principles of classification of texts of
Mother Goose Rhymes;
to describe the history of nursery rhymes;
to analyze the linguistic peculiarities of the rhymes
to show the importance of Mother Goose Rhymes
for learning and teaching of English language

6. Work consists of
- the introduction
- 3 sections,
- conclusions,
- the list of the used literature
- additions.

7. Who was Mother Goose?
The first part
presents the origin of
Mother Goose. We
tried to systemize all
opinions and ideas
about the real author
of the Rhymes.

8. John Newbery

9. Humpty Dumpty by Mother Goose
Humpty Dumpty sat on a
wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a
great fall;
All the king's horses and
all the king's men
Cannot put Humpty
Dumpty together again.

10. Humpty Dumpty by Samuil Marshak
Шалтай-Болтай
Сидел на стене.
Шалтай-Болтай
Свалился во сне.
Вся королевская конница,
Вся королевская рать
Не может Шалтая,
Не может Болтая,
Шалтая-Болтая,
Болтая-Шалтая,
Шалтая-Болтая собрать!

11. Ukrainian Humpty Dumpty
Хитун - бовтун на стіні стояв
Хитун - бовтун додолу впав
Хоч прибігла вся королівська рать
Хитуна - бовтуна не змогли вже
піднять

12. In the second part of the research work there is
the linguistic analyze and the history of the
Mother Goose Rhymes according their division
for four groups
the
rhymes
about the
the secret
riddles history of
for Queens
adults and Kings
the alphabet
Lullabies and counting
rhymes

13. Lullabies 'Hush-a-bye
Baby'
A lullaby is a soothing song,
usually sung to children before
they go to sleep. As a result they
are often simple and repetitive

14. The alphabet and counting
rhymes
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a
fish alive
Three blind mice
A, B, C, and D
ABC
and so on.
Using these rhymes children can practice
numbers and letters with great pleasure.

15. The English textbook for
the third form by Oksana
Karpiuk contain the
Mother Goose Rhymes as a
part of playtime section.
There are ten rhymes at
pages 15, 19, 47, 48, 70, 106,
109, 139 and 142.

16. Riddles for adults
Next rhymes belongs
to the group of rhymes
that have made their
way into the nursery
from adult riddles.
Humpty - Dumpty
Egg

17. The secret History of the nursery
rhymes
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you
been?
"I've been to London to look at the
queen.“
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you do
there?
"I frightened a little mouse under the
chair."
The real story about the cat of the waiting ladies of Queen Elizabeth Ist,
which brushed with its tail the Queen’s foot, starling her.
Luckily 'Good Queen Bess' had a sense of humour and decreed that the cat
could wander about the throne room, on condition it kept it free of mice!

18. The linguistic peculiarities of all
mother goose rhymes are:
the using of the archaic words ,
the simple rhymes
and the combination of the
different grammar tenses of the
verb
and of course the melodious and
catches words

19. USING RHYMES OF MOTHER GOOSE FOR
LEARNING AND TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Learn new vocabulary
children can start to learn to count
children learn about the letters of the
alphabet
learning to read and write
basic introduction to poetry
fun learning atmosphere

20. My experience as a teacher
In the teacher ‘s day on the second of October
I conducted the lesson in the second form.
During the lesson we:
learn a new letter
Draw fish in the pond
Learn numbers from one
to five
Sang the song of Mother Goose «Once I caught a fish alive »

21. Conclusion
Mother Goose is well suited to use in the elementary ESL
classroom for several reasons. The stories appeal to
children's imagination, interesting characters,
meaningful conflict, action, and realism. The natural
rhythms help develop English intonation. Mother
Goose stories are an important part of our children's
culture and also adult literature. After almost two
hundred years, they still hold children’s interest and
provide ways to learn about their world.
(Karen Galeano, 1983)

22. Thanks for your
attention!