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I. Saraeva

SING AND LEARN

TOMSK 2006

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ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ АГЕНТСТВО ПО ОБРАЗОВАНИЮГосударственное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования

«ТОМСКИЙ ПОЛИТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»ИНСТИТУТ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОГО МЕНЕДЖМЕНТА

МЕДИАТЕКА

И. А. Сараева

ПОЙ И УЧИСЬУчебное пособие

ИздательствоТомского политехнического университета

Томск 2006

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MUSIC CAN NAME THE UNNAMABLE

AND COMMUNICATE THE

UNKNOWABLE

Leonard Bernstein, American composer

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C 20Сараева И.А.

C 20 Пой и учись (Sing and Learn): учебное пособие / И.А. Сараева. – Томск:Издательство Томского политехнического университета, 2006. – 20 с.

Музыка на уроках иностранного языка помогает активизироватьучебный процесс, побуждает к критическому мышлению и общению,знакомит с культурным наследием народов, их историей и сегодняшнимднем.

Изучение песен обогащает словарный запас, развивает навыки чтенияи произношения, способствует пониманию языковых особенностей типичныхдля разговорной речи и более легкому усвоению грамматических структур.Пособие “Sing and Learn” основано на материалах учебника“OPPORTUNITIES” издательства LONGMAN, авторы Michael Harris, DavidMower, Anna Sikorzynska и предназначено для работы со студентами,имеющими средний и высокий уровень владения языком.

Цель пособия – помочь преподавателю разнообразить урок, сделатьего живым и интересным, облегчить поиск необходимого музыкальногоматериала.

В пособие включены 10 песен на английском языке с аудиоприложением, тексты для чтения и обсуждения, ключевые слова по теме“Music” и описание вариантов игровых видов деятельности.

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Р е ц е н з е н т ы

Кандидат философских наук, доцент,заведующая кафедрой лингвистики и межкультурной коммуникации

Томского государственного педагогического университетаЛ.Г. Ананьева

Кандидат философских наук,доцент кафедры иностранных языков

Томского государственного педагогического университетаЯ.А. Глухий

© Томский политехнический университет, 2006© Оформление. Издательство ТПУ, 2006

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C O N T E N T

1 Leaving on a Jet Plane (Song) Wheels

2 Candle in the Wind (Song) The Media

3 Wonderful world (Song) Learning

4 If you could read my mind. Song) Careers

5 Waltzing Matilda. (Song) Culture Shock

6 A Dedicated Follower of Fashion.

(Song)

Style

7 In the year 2525 (by Zager and

Evans) (Song)

New Frontiers

8 Daniel (Song) Journey

9 Father and Son (by Cat Stevens)

(Song)

Relationships. Society.

10 Listening. Culture Corner Popular music in the

last hundred years

11 Listening to Dialogue talk about music

12 Reading Text for discussion

13 Describing music Key words

14 Music activities

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Leaving on a Jet Plane Wheels

Listen to the song and answer the questions.

All my bags are packed; I’m ready to go,I’m standing here outside the door,I hate to wake you up to say good –bye.But the dawn is breaking, it’s early morn,The taxi is waiting; he is blowing his horn,Already I’m so lonesome I could cry.

So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me,Hold me like you’ll never let me go.I’m leaving on a jet plane; don’t know when I’ll be back again.Oh, babe, I hate to go.

There’s so many times I’ve let you down,So many times, I’ve played around,I’ll tell you now they don’t mean a thing.Every place I go, I’ll think of you,Every song I sing, I’ll sing for you;When I come back, I‘ll wear your wedding ring.

So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me,Hold me like you’ll never let me go.I’m leaving on a jet plane; don’t know when I’ll be back again.Oh, babe, I hate to go.

Now the time has come to leave you, one more time let me kiss you,Then close your eyes, I’ll be on my way.Dream about the days to come when I won’t have to leave alone,About the time I won’t have to leave alone,About the time I won’t have to say: kiss me.

Leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again.Leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again.

Questions: Answers:

1 Where exactly is the singer? Outside the door2 What time of day is it? Early morning3 How does the singer feel? Lonesome4 When will he come back? He doesn’t know5 What does he want to do when he

returns?To marry

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Background: John Denver (1943-1997) was a popular country andfolk singer. He wrote and sang many worldwide hits(including Leaving on a Jet Plane) and his albums soldmillions. He also did a lot of charity work forunderprivileged children and campaigned for ecologicalcauses. He died in a plane crash.

Candle in the Wind The Media

Listen to the song and answer the questions.

1 Did the singer ever meet Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe)? Why not?2 How did the singer feel about her?3 Why was she a “candle in the wind?

To M. Monroe To Princess DianaGood-bye Norma Jean, Good-bye England’s Rose,Though I never knew you at all, May you ever grow in our hearts.You hold the grace to hold yourself You were the grace that placed itselfWhile those around you crawled. Where lives were turn apart.They crawled out of the woodwork You called out to our country,And they whispered into your brain. And you whispered to those in pain.They set you on the treadmill Now you belong to heaven,And they made you change yourname.

And the stars spell out your name.

And it seems to me you lived your life And it seems to me you lived your lifeLike a candle in the wind, Like a candle in the wind:Never knowing who to cling to Never fading with the sunsetWhen the rain set in. When the rain set in.And I would have liked to have knownyou

And your footsteps will always fallhere,

But I was just a kid. Along England’s greenest hills;Your candle burned out long before Your candle’s burned out beforeYour legend ever did. Your legend ever will.Loneliness was tough, Loveliness we’ve lost;The toughest role you ever played. These empty days without your smile.Hollywood created a superstar This torch will always carryAnd the pain was the price you paid. For our nation’s golden child.Even when you died And even though we try,The press still hounded. The truth brings us to tearsAll the papers had to say All our words cannot expressWas that Marilyn was found in thenude.

The joy you brought us through theyears.

Good-bye Norma Jean, Good-bye England’s Rose,

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Though I never knew you at all, From a country lost without your soul,You hold the grace to hold yourself Who will miss the wings of your

compassionWhile those around you crawled. More than you’ll ever know.Good-bye Norma Jean,From the young man in the 22nd rowWho sees you as something morethan sexual,More than just our Marilyn Monroe.

Background: Elton John (Reginald Dwight b.1947) is a British rockpianist and singer. The song is about Marilyn Monroe,and Elton John sang a version of the song at PrincessDiana’s funeral in Westminster Abbey in 1997.Princess Diana (1961-97): As Diana Spenser, shemarried Prince Charles in 1981 and they had two sons,William and Harry. Princess Diana was involved invarious charities, e.g. AIDs charities. She campaignedagainst the use of landmines. She was killed in a caraccident in Paris.There has been a long-running debate in Britain aboutprivacy and the interference of the tabloid press infamous people’s life. This came to a head after thedeath of Princess Diana in 1997, when paparazzi hadfollowed the car in which she died.Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker, 1926-62) was anAmerican film actress.She spent her childhood in orphanages and fosterhomes.

Wonderful world Learning

Listen to the song. What subjects are mentioned in it?

Don’t know much about history,Don’t know much about biology.Don’t know much about a science bookDon’t know much about the French I took.But I do know that I love you,And I know that if you love me, too,What a wonderful world this would be.Don’t know much about geography,Don’t know much about trigonometry.

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Don’t know much about algebra,Don’t know what a slide rule is for.But I know that one and one is two.And if this one could be with you,What a wonderful world this would be.

I don’t claim to be an “A” student,But I’m trying to be.For maybe by being an “A” student, baby,I can win you love for me.

Background: Wonderful world’ was written by Sam Cooke, HerbAlbert and Lou Alpert.It was originally recorded by Sam Cooke and then laterby Otis Redding.

If you could read my mind. Careers

Listen to the song and answer the question.Which of the following things does the song writer compare himself to?

1. a ghost in a castle2. a soldier3. the hero of a paperback novel4. a dancer5. a movie star6. a model

If you could read my mind love,What a tale my thoughts could tell,Just like an old time movie,‘Bout a ghost from wishing well,In a castle dark or a fortress strong,With the chains upon my feet.You know that ghost is me,And I will never be set free,As long as I’m a ghost that you can’t see.

If I could read my mind love,What a tale your thoughts could tell,Just like a paperback novel,The kind the drugstores sell.When you reach the part where the heartache comes,The hero would be me.But the heroes often fall,

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And you won’t read that book again,Because the ending’s just too hard to take.I’d walk away like a movie star,Who gets burned in a three way script.Enter number two,A movie queen to play the scene,Of bringing all the good things out of me.But for now love, let’s be real.I never thought I could feel thus way,And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it.I don’t know where we went wrong,But the feeling’s gone,And I just can’t get it back.

Background: The song “If you could read my mind” is by GordonLightfoot.

Answer: 1, 3, 5

Waltzing Matilda. Culture Shock

1. Read the song. Match the definitions (a-g) with the Australian slang words.2. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

a ) travelling around looking for workb) eucalyptus treec) a bush travelerd) ponde) food bagf) sheepg) cooking pan

Oh, there was once a swagman camped in a billabong,(1)------------the shade of a coolibar tree.And he (2) ------------- as he looked at his old billy boilingWho’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me?

Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda my (3) ----------?Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me?Waltzing Matilda and ( 4)----------a tucker bagWho’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me?Down came a jumbuck (5) ------------- at the water holeUp (6) -------- the swagman and grabbed him happilyAnd he sang as he put him away in his tucker bag.You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

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Down came the (7) ----------on his horseDown came the (8) --------------, one, two, three.Whose is that jumbug you’ve got in that bag?Up jumped the swagman and jumped into the water (9) --------.Drowning himself by the coolibar tree.And his (10) ---------- may be heard as it sings in the billabong.Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me?

Answers:

a) Waltzing Matilda 1) under 8) policemanb) Coolibar tree 2) sang 9) holec) Swagman 3) darling 10) ghostd) Billabong 4) carryinge) Tucker bag 5) drinkf) Jumbuck 6) jumpedg) Billy 7) landowner

Oh, there was once a swagman camped in a billabong,Under the shade of a coolibar tree.And he sang as he looked at his old billy boilingWho’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me?

Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda my darling?Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me?Waltzing Matilda and carrying a tucker bagWho’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me?

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water holeUp jumped the swagman and grabbed him happilyAnd he sang as he put him away in his tucker bag.You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

Down came the landowner on his horseDown came the policeman, one, two, three.Whose is that jumbug you’ve got in that bag?Up jumped the swagman and jumped into the water hole.Drowning himself by the coolibar tree.And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong.Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

Background: “Waltzing Matilda” is the most famous and popularsong in Australia-an unofficial national anthem. It isabout a bush traveller (swagman). Bush travelerstravelled the outback, often looking for work shearing

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sheep. The title of the song “Waltzing Matilda” meanstravelling without a blanket (Matilda) looking for work.The song illustrates how these travelers were often onthe wrong side of the law- a landowner and threepolicemen come after the traveller for stealing sheep.The song contains Australian slang from the 19th

century, some of which is still used today, e.g.” tucker”meaning”food” in Australian-English.

A Dedicated Follower of Fashion. Style.

1 Listen to a song about a man in London in the 1960s and complete the lines.

1. His clothes are -------- but never --------2. Eagerly pursuing all the latest ------- and trends.3. He thinks he is a -------- to be looked at.4. There’s one thing that he loves and that is ---------.5. His world is built round -------- and --------.6. He flits from shop to shop just like a --------.

2 Which of the following words would you use to describe the man in the song?

a) fashionableb) hard-workingc) pleasure- seekingd) reservede) vainf) conventional

Answers:

1 21 loud/square a, c, e.2 fads3 flower4 flattery5 discotheques/parties6 butterfly

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A Dedicated Follower of Fashion.

They seek him here, they seek him there,His clothes are loud, but never square.It will make or break him so he’s got to buy the best,‘Cause he’s a dedicated follower of fashion.And when he does his little rounds,‘Round the boutiques of London TownEagerly pursuing all the latest fads and the trends,‘Cause he’s a dedicated follower of fashion.Oh, yes he is (oh, yes he is)…He thinks he is a flower to be looked at,This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best,‘Cause he’s a dedicated follower of fashion.Oh, yes he is (oh, yes he is)…There is one thing that he loves and that is flattery.One week he’s in polka-dots, the next week he’s in stripes.They seek him here, they seek him there,In Regent Street and Leicester Square.Everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on,Each one a dedicated follower of fashion.Oh, yes he is (oh, yes he is)…His world is built ‘round discotheques and parties.This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best,‘Cause he’s a dedicated follower of fashion.Oh, yes he is (oh, yes he is)…He flits from shop to shop just like a butterfly.In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be,‘Cause he’s a dedicated follower of fashion.

In the year 2525 (by Zager and Evans) New Frontiers.

1. Listen to the song about the future. Which years are mentioned? 2929, 3535, 4545, 5555, 6565, 7575, 8585, 95952. Which of these things are predicted? Intelligent machines,* pills that control you, *test-tube babies, anuclear war, *machines for doing everything, an invasion by aliens, *changes inour bodies, space travel to other stars, *the end of mankind.

In the year 2525 if a man is still alive,If a woman can survive, they may find…In the year 3535

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Ain’t gonna need to tell the truth tell no liesEverything you think do and sayIs in the pill you took today.In the year 4545Ain’t gonna need your teeth won’t need your eyesYou won’t find a thing to chewNobody’s gonna look at you.In the year 5555Your arms are hanging limp at your sidesYour legs got nothing to doSome machines are doing that for you.In the year 6565Ain’t gonna need no husband no wifeYou’ll pick your son pick your daughter tooFrom the bottom of a long black tubeIn the year 7510If God’s a-coming’ he ought to make it by thenMay be he look around himself and say’Guess it’s time for the Judgement Day’In the year 8510God’s gonna shake his mighty headHe’ll either say ‘I’m pleased where man has beenOr tear it down and start againIn the year 9595I’m kind kinda wondering if man gonna be aliveHe‘s taken everything this old earth can giveAnd he ain’t put back nothing…Now it’s been 10,000 yearsMan has cried a billion tearsFor what he never knewNow man‘s reign is throughBut through eternal nightThe twinkling of starlightSo very far awayMaybe it’s only yesterday…

Daniel (Elton John) Journeys.

1. Answer the questions about the song.a) How does the singer feel about the brother?b) Why do you think Daniel is going away?c) What do you think might have happened in thefamily?Daniel is traveling tonight on a planeI can see the red tail lights heading for Spain

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Oh and I can see Daniel waving good-byeGod it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyesThey say Spain is pretty though I’ve never beenWell Daniel says it’s the best place that he’s ever seenOh and he should know, he‘s been there enoughLord I miss Daniel; oh I miss him so muchDaniel my brother you are older than meDo you still feel the pain of the scars that won’t healYou eyes have died but you see more than IDaniel you’re a star in the face of the sky

Daniel is traveling tonight on a planeI can see the red tail lights heading for SpainOh and I can see Daniel waving good-byeGod it looks like Daniel must be the clouds in my eyes.

Background: Space tourism is no longer a thing of science fiction.The first space tourist was Dennis Tito.In 2001 the American millionaire traveled with theRussian team that visited the International SpaceStation.

2. Look at the lyrics. Try to guess the missing words. For the final word of eachline Think about words that rhyme with the previous line.

Daniel is traveling (1) --------- on a planeI can see the red tail lights heading for (2) -------Oh and I can see Daniel waving good-byeGod it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my (3) ------They say Spain is pretty (4) --------- I’ve never beenWell Daniel says it’s the best place that he’s ever (5) --------Oh and he should know, he‘s been there enoughLord I miss Daniel; oh I miss him so muchDaniel my brother you are (6) ------- than meDo you still feel the (7) ------ of the scars that won’t healYou eyes have died but you see more than IDaniel you’re a star in the face of the (8) -------

Daniel is traveling tonight on a planeI can see the red tail lights heading for SpainOh and I can see Daniel waving good-byeGod it looks like Daniel must be the clouds in my eyes.

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Answers:

1 tonight8 sky

2 Spain 3 eyes 4 though 5 seen 6 older 7 pain

Father and Son (by Cat Stevens) Relationships. Society.

1. What differences are there between your generation and your parents’generation in your society? Think about these things:

a) tastes in music/clothesb) attitudes to work and moneyc) attitudes to marriage

2. Answer these questions.

1. What do you think the situation is? Why do you think the son wants to goaway?

2. What is the father’s advice?3. How do you think both of them feel?

Father:It’s not time to make a change,Just relax, take it easy.You’re still young, that’s your fault,There’s so much you have to know.Find a girl, settle down,If you want you can marry.Look at me, I’m old, but I’m happy.I was once like you are now, and I know that’s not easy,To be calm when you’ve found something going on.But take your time, think a lot,Why, think of everything you’ve got.For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son:How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.It’s always been the same, same old story.From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away.

Father:It’s not time to make a change,Just relax, take it easy.You’re still young, that’s your fault,

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There’s so much you have to know.Find a girl, settle down,If you want you can marry.Look at me, I’m old, but I’m happy. Son:All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew aside,It’s hard, but it’s harder to ignore it.If they were right I’d agree, but it’s them you know, not me.Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away.I know I have to go away.

3. Who do you think said these things, the father or the son?1. It’s not time to make a change.2. You’re still young, that’s your fault.3. Find a girl, settle down.4. But take your time, think a lot.5. For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.6. How can I explain, when I do he turns away again.7. From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.8. Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away.9. Just relax, take it easy.10. There’s so much you have to know.11. If you want you can marry.12. Look at me, I’m old, but I’m happy.13. If they were right I’d agree, but it’s them you know, not me.14. I know I have to go away.

Answers:F-1,2,3,4,5,9,10,11,12

READING

1. Listen to some traditional Scottish music. Do you like it?2. Read the story. Whose side are you on, the bagpiper’s or his neighbors’?Why?

Fergus Maclean, a professional piper, has packed his bags. Not only has hedecided to move house, but he is emigrating to America after his neighbours inDundee made several complaints about noise pollution.Never has he known anything like it. What Mr Maclean feels upset about is thefact that people call his music noise pollution.“It’s this that really gets to me,” fumes Mr Maclean.

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“I mean, the pipes are our national instrument, aren’t they? It is not surprising thata lot of our best pipers go to live abroad.” Seldom have bagpipers caused suchconflict.Mr Maclean’s neighbors claimed that they were literally being driven mad by thenoise.Had they known that their neighbor is a piper, one couple said, they wouldn’t havemoved into the street. “All we want to do is forget the sound of bagpipes!” theysaid.No sooner had they moved in than the noise began to drive them mad. Mr.Maclean practiced for five hours a day and rarely did they get a chance to have aline-in in the morning.Neither could they read a book without wearing earplugs!In the end, the local council took action. “It was only after careful considerationthat we gave Mr. Maclean a warning,” a council spokesman said. “What counts asnoise pollution is not clearly defined-there is no difference between someoneplaying the bagpipes and loud rock music.”

LISTENING TO DIALOGUE

You will hear two people talking about music. Who has these opinions?Write M (man), W (woman) or B (both) next to each sentence.

1. David Gray is a wonderful singer.2. David Gray’s music is rather superficial.3. Rap music is boring and the lyrics are disgusting.4. Rap is strong stuff.5. Techno music is quite good.6. Some of the new rock bands are not bad.7. Beck puts on a great performance.8. Some of the old rock bands are not bad at all.9. Jimmy Hendricks was a fantastic guitarist.10. The Stones were better than the Beatles.

Female: Hey, have you heard the latest album by David Grey? I think it’s reallygreat, don’t you? It’s got great lyrics and some of the tunes are reallycatchy.

Male: Mm. Personally, I’m not that keen on that sort of music. You know, it’snot really my thing. Don’t you think it’s a bit soppy and sentimental? It’slike an older version of those awful boy bands.

F: Oh! I don’t think that’s fair. He is a serious singer–songwriter. Just ‘cos youlike all that rap.

M: Mmm, I do.

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F: Well, if you ask me, rap’s horrible. I mean the lyrics are disgusting. I thinkthey’re all violent and sexist. And, to be honest, the music’s just boring. It’snearly just the same, isn’t it?

M: That’s not the point. It’s powerful stuff and it’s meant to be aggressive. I don’tthink it’s meant to be catchy and sweet…Do you like techno music?

F: Mm, I don’t mind techno. I think it’s quite good to dance to.

M: Me too. I like the faster stuff.

F: So do I. And I like a lot of rock. Some of the new bands aren’t bad.

M: That’s true. That guy Beck’s pretty hot. Do you think he is good?

F: Yeah, I’m not sure. I’ve only heard him a couple of times. Personally, I stilllike some of those old bands like Gun’n’Roses and even those from earlier.

M: Mm. Yeah, what about Jim Hendrix, for example? He’s my hero. And he’sinspired loads of modern guitarists.

F: Mm. He’s not that good. But don’t you like the Stones? I know they’re ancientbut…

M: I have to admit some of their music is good. But wouldn’t you agree that theBeatles were better?

F: No, I wouldn’t!

KEY: 1w, 2m, 3w, 4m, 5b, 6b, 7m, 8b, 9m, 10w.

Listening. Culture Corner.

Popular music in the last hundred years.(Script.)

Listen to the radio program. Which of the musical extracts do you like most?(Blues, rock and roll, jazz trumpet)

Voice: In today’s program, Barry Slade looks at the enormous influence that theUSA has had on popular music in the last hundred years or so.Reader: It all started with the blues. Things really began in a big way at thebeginning of the 20th century, when the “blues” developed from black folk musicinto popular music.

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Blues singers like Bessie Smith were popular with both blacks and whites. It wasalso business; you could make a lot of money writing and selling popular songsand music.Side by side with the blues was early “country and western” music, aimed at whiteaudiences in the south. Songs in both styles shared the same themes- poverty,homelessness and personal hardship. Another musical style in its infancy wasjazz music. In fact, the 1920s decade was known as the “Jazz Age”, and jazzmusic was popularized by such great performers as the trumpet player LouseArmstrong, and later the Duke Ellington Orchestra and singer Emma Fitzgerald.However, there also occurred a uniquely American fusion of jazz and classicalmusic.George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, first performed in 1924, was veryinnovative and succeeded in being both serious and extremely popular.... Aphenomenon of the1940s and 1950 was the “musical”. Composers wrote thesongs for Broadway theatres which were often adapted for Hollywood. A classicalcomposer who turned his hand to musicals was Leonard Bernstein.Telling the love story of two teenagers in opposing gangs New York, West SideStory was loosely based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It remains one ofthe most popular musicals of all time.In the middle of 1950s, a new style of popular music burst on the scene…. Jazzand blues had been deeply rooted in the experience of black Americans, and nowpop music returned to its black roots with the “rock and roll” revolution.Paradoxically, the most successful rock and roll singer, some say the ” King ofRock and Roll”, was a young white boy-Elvis Presley….After Elvis Presley,American music rapidly splintered into a variety of mixtures of styles. For example,there was a revival in American pop music, popularized by Bob Dylan, which inturn let to a new style called “folk –rock”. Bob Dylan himself revolutionizedsongwriting, making lyrics more intellectual. Since then we’ve had “hard rock”,“soft rock”, “country rock” and even rock operas and musicals. The USA lost itsmonopoly of pop music with the appearance of the Beatles in Britain in the early1960s. However, the Beatles music itself is merely an extension of Americanstyles, as is most pop music today. Indeed, it can be argued that all, or most,varieties of popular music have developed in some way from early AfricanAmerican blues and jazz. I’ll leave you today with some of my favorite music-NewOrleans Jazz. Are these statements true or false according to the program or is there noinformation? Write T, F or NI.

1. Some people became rich from songwriting.2. Blues and country and western music3. Jazz was highly developed by the 1920s4. Musicals often began on the stage before being adapted for the cinema.5. Shakespeare was Leonard Bernstein’s favorite writer.6. “Rock and roll” had its roots in southern white music.7. Elvis Presley was from the south of the USA.8. Bob Dylan changed the face of popular songwriting.9. The Beatles owed nothing to American popular music.

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Key Words

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Haunting Guitar Band Jazz Piece ofmusic

Lively Drums Concert Blues TuneMonotonous Violin Concert

HallCountry Lyrics

Moving Cello Symphony Western VerseRomantic Double bass Concerto Pop BarSad Trumpet Opera Rock NoteScary Trombone Musical Folk ChordSentimental Saxophone Singer Techno RecordingSinister Clarinet Musician AlbumSoothing Flute Performer TrackSoppy Keyboard SingleTear-jerking Accordion HitTedious HarmonicaTerrifyingThoughtfulSoothingThoughtfulSuperficial

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Music activities.

Bingo (vocabulary, listening)Use the song title or a key word from the song to brainstorm wordsassociated with the title key/key word(s). Have students draw a bingo boardand write words from the class list on their boards. Listen to the song.Whenever students hear the word from the song that is on there bingo boardhave them put a mark through that box.

Wrong lyrics (vocabulary, listening)Supply students with incorrect song lyrics. While listening students must tryto identify the errors and correct them.

Relay game (grammar, reading critical thinking)Students work in pairs/groups and try to be first at unscrambling preselectedlyrics. Give students strips of paper (one at a time) with (the same)scrambled lyrics. As soon as groups/pairs think they have unscrambled thelyrics, they must go to the board and say or write what they think of the lyricis. If they are correct, they get a point. If they are not correct, another teamhas the possibility to answer.

Pop up (vocabulary, listening)This exercise is a fun review for vocabulary, phonemes, etc. Break studentsinto groups or pairs and hand them a slip or slips of paper with a lyric orexpression. Each time they hear their given lyric or expression, they muststand up. Each group /pair will have different lyrics/expressions.

Interpretation (vocabulary, idioms, slang, tone, critical thinking)Using one line from a song, students will come up with their own multiplechoice answers as to what they think the lyric means One selection ( A,B orC) should be correct. Students will more than likely need a model beforedoing this exercise in pairs or small groups. They can write this question onthe board or read it out loud for the other students to select which one theythink is the intended correct answer.

Creative expression(vocabulary, grammar, figure of speech, tone, writing, speaking).

Music can also be used to work on parts of speech, figures of speech orwriting. Play a piece of music (e.g. 30 sec.). Students listen and write downvarious impressions they have of the music. Repeat this for several otherpieces of music. They share their impressions with a partner. This type ofactivity can be used to explore similes and metaphors, for example, or as ora warm up for writing, in particular creative writing or poetry.

1. What does the music sound like?2. What does the music remind you of?3. How does the music make you feel?4. What does the music taste like?

Ирина Анатольевна Сараева

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Кандидат философских наук, научный редактор,доцент, заведующая кафедрой лингвистики и межкультурной коммуникацииТомского государственного педагогического университета – Л.Г. Ананьева

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