Cooperation and creativity are two main soft skills in the 21st century
needed by future young generation. Without cooperation and creativity,
it will be very difficult for them to survive in the next more challenging
era. Therefore, it is the duty of English teachers to make the students be
willing to cooperate with others and creative in their English language
learning. One of the possible solutions is to use literature (poetry) in
teaching English, including that of English grammar. This research is
aimed at finding out whether poetry can foster students’ cooperation
and creativity in using English Grammar or not. A qualitative research
was conducted where the data taken from observation and
documentation. To collect the data of cooperation, observation
technique was used during the grammar teaching-learning process.
Meanwhile, to collect the data of the students’ creativity, the poetries
that were composed by them were analyzed in terms of contents, idea
development, and vocabulary choice. The research results show that the
cooperation among the students and their creativity was highly
improved. The finding can be used as an alternative of teaching methods
in teaching grammar.
Keywords: cooperation, creativity, EFL students, Poetry Based-Method.