The program designed for our students at Chouaib Doukkali University is actually not a proficiency course designed for university leavers who wish to enrol in any kind of teacher training. Instead, the syllabus designed for grammar2/3 targets the promotion of the four language skills especially writing. In the writing class, a series of poems were used to review and reinforce grammar rules the students should have 'learnt' while in school. This was deemed necessary as most of the students have limited to average English proficiency