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By:
TAHIRA JAHAN
PGD.ELT
USING SONGS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
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DISCUSSION TOPICS
Why Teach Songs ?
How to Choose & Exploit Songs?
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“We should not teach great books; we should teach a love of learning”
B.F Skinner
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WHY TEACH SONGS
It is an authentic activity to use songs in
teaching and learning process.
Songs are a source of motivation.
Repetition in songs enhances understanding.
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Rhythm helps to understand stress and intonation.
Songs help in learning new vocabulary.
Songs can be employed as a group activity and as an activity to practice alone.
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HOW TO SELECT AND EXPLOIT SONGS
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1. FOR REININFORCING
GRAMMAR POINTS
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Example: I catch the bus to work Sometimes I go by car I rarely ride the bike Because it is just too far I get to work at 8:30 I have lunch from 1:00 till 2:00 I may leave work at 6:00 There’s always a lot to do
Structural Consolidation
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The focused structure should already be taught and practiced in the class.
Pre teach new vocabulary Reiterate Sing in the chorus
The ways to exploit such a song
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Vocabulary according to the Level The Target Lexical Items should Recur
2.For Teaching New Vocabulary
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Example:
It’s Raining Repetition Realia Acting
It’s raining, it’s pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed and heBumped his head
And he couldn’t get up
in the morning.
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Showing the Pictures of the Target Vocabulary
Raining
Snoring Bumped
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3. Intertexuality
Song lyrics can corroborate literary works like poems (in syllabus).
Songs can be referred if there is coherence between the lyrics of poem and of the song.
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Exploiting a Song for Intertextuality
Identifying the words that link the two lyrics
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Ode on Grecian Urn My Heart will Go on
Ah, happy, happy boughs! Love can touch us one
That cannot shed time
Your leaves, no ever can and last for a life time
Bid the spring adieu in my life will always
Forever piping songs go on
Forever new we’ll stay forever this
Forever warm and still way; you are safe in my
To be enjoyed heart and my heart
Thou canst leave thy will go on
song
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4. Listening Comprehension
Things to keep in mind while selecting
A song for this purpose:
Clarity of pronunciation
Low density of instrumentation
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How to Use a Song for Listening Comprehension
Listening for Gist
1.Questions could be asked
Example:
After hearing this song which bird is singing? what time is it when the bird sits on window
sill?
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Listening for precise wording
Gap filling
sing ____ from the ___ tree. sing for ____ You sit upon my_________ Each morning when it is ____ and still.
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Listening for Specific Information
True/False activity
Each evening when it’s calm T/F You sit upon my arm T/F Sing sparrow from the woodland
tree T/F
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5. Using songs in Phonology
Songs have a very marked rhythm so we can improve and correct
stress by reciting them
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6. Introducing students with the cultural background of the people whose language they
are being taught.
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7. Discussion works
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