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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Use of Songs, Karaoke & Internet In foreign language learning

Method to motivate language learners created by European partnerships

within the projects

“Languages and Integration through Singing”

“French and Spanish language competence through songs” "Find A Delightful Opportunity to learn Portuguese through

Internet and songs”  

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

LIS project: Didactical aspect

The “musical” approach helps to make language learning more effective as it

increases learners’ motivation and interest improves acquisition of language skills makes learning process more pleasant

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

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Cross cultural understanding Inclusions in the learning process the most

diverse groups of students: age ethnic or national origin social status education level

LIS: Sociocultural aspect

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Neuro-linguistic aspect Intuitive and conscious processes in acquisition of

language skills Use of both hemispheres of the human’s brain: emotion &

language exist together in a song Real learning happens when there is a switch from the left

to the right hemisphere of the brain 3 components of the song guarantee that the language

patterns are transferred to the long-term memory :

Language (lyrics) + Rhythm + Melody

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

songs in the language classroom liven up listening activities; they enable teachers to teach grammar and vocabulary in an

entertaining and relaxing way; the vocabulary of songs often extends beyond the everyday

language; it is a great way how to practice pronunciation and intonation; memorable melody imprints linguistic patterns, grammatical

structures and vocabulary; through songs learners learn about the culture and people,

which also inspires various interesting topics for discussion.

Positive effects from using songs on learners’ linguistic and intercultural competences:

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Great diffusion of the Internet and Youtube, especially among youngsters;

Linguistic education and digital competences are transversal (they are two of the 8 key competences!) and besides interact among them in the curriculum;

Schools in Europe must always make forehead to an ever growing number of immigrants. This new situation asks for new didactic and methodological answers and at the same time as also the use of new proper technologies for the target groups

Internet, Youtube & karaoke

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

It is therefore particularly useful to furnish to the teachers and all those people that wish to learn a foreign language by themselves tools for a rapid creation of communicative skills founded on the use of a musical approach and the new technologies (Internet, Youtube, karaoke and interactive multimedia whiteboard).

Internet, Youtube & karaoke

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

FENICE + 8 institutions (6 countries in total)

submitted 3 projects of European partnership

aimed to spread a method for teaching/learning a foreign language based on the use of videos, karaoke and songs.

Result: www.languagesbysongs.eu

a website containing teaching materials that can be used by teachers of IT/RO/RU/FR/ES/PT interested in using songs in their classroom, by their pupils who wish to practise at home and, finally, by autonomous learners.

Starting from these considerations ..  

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

What song to choose?It is important to keep in mind three factors:

Learners’ profile: age, interests, level of language competence;

Suitable language material: lyrics should be clear /acquaintance with idiomatic & colloquial expressions is useful and fun, but they should not impede understanding of the songs/;

Cultural context: through song, we can learn a lot about the country, culture, history, behavior patterns of people of the particular country or historical period.

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Teaching/Learning Unit in the concept of the LIS approach

The TLU implies three phases focussed around the song:

1 phase: approaching which comes before the real work upon the text;

2 phase: analysis aiming at understanding of how the text works and to train morphological and syntactic rules;

3 phase: synthesis - going back to the text to check its assimilation and to extend it to aspects of culture and civilization

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

1 Phase - Approaching to the text

Pre-listening activities are related to building motivation; cultural learning: introducing one or more texts about the

song, its topic and/or about the singer, showing pictures of the singer and other images especially if the captions refer to the lyrics;

approaching the text, making its meaning clearer, eliciting the text: keywords, synonyms, antonyms, idioms, words with an evocative effect, Wh questions to favour guessing/elicitation.

First listening without any particular task

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

2 Phase - Analysis

Initial practicing: during the second listening the learners may be asked to write adjectives, nouns, verbs expressing the thought and emotions caused by the lyrics, find particular words, mark a situation suggested by the lyrics, etc

Manipulating the text: the text of the song is integrated in various learning activities, such as reading and listened to in order to reinforce sounds and intonation; cloze tests, scrambled sentences, changing from present to past, swapping from the male to the female words, spotting the mistake, etc.

Establishing conscious links: exercises to favour reflection on grammar

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

3 Phase - SynthesisAfter-listening activities aim at Use of the vocabulary and/or grammar taught in the song for

further practice (e.g. through games, quizzes, crosswords)

In-depth comprehension: new listening to the lyrics, i.e. going back to text and its perception at a new level of comprehension

Socio-cultural and intercultural observations: raising awareness of a different culture through discussion, suitable phrases, drawings, images, other texts on the same topic, etc.)

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

The website:www.languagesbysongs.eu

Six identically structured parts in Italian, French Spanish, Romanian, Russian and Portuguese

Information about the project

Teaching and learning resources

Project results

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Teaching and learning resources Teacher’s Guidance: theoretical fundamentals of the

approach, lesson structure, practical hints on how to create own teaching material

Didactic handouts present TLU examples elaborated upon a number of songs

Key to exercises are addressed to learners and allow the use of handouts for self-study

Lyrics: texts of the songs used in the handouts Video and karaoke for songs used in the handouts -

means support language learning via Internet

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Prerequisite: To use the materials at their best students should be at least at the A1 level of the Common European Frame of Reference

Testing: The learning materials for Italian, Romanian and Russian have been tested overall by 45 teachers and trainers belonging to 9 countries (IT, LT, MD, RO, BG, SK, FR, USA) on 1018 students of various ages, a number significant enough to give acceptable results. 15% of students were between 6-14, 20% 15-18 and 15% of students were older than 25.

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Project results

Looking ahead: community of language teachers using songs in their teaching practice

Diffusion: In three years, on the basis of ShinyStat statistics, the website has been visited 20000 times by people from 75 countries. This is the visits’ list of the first nine countries:

Country Visits n°

Italy 5026

Romania 4547

Slovakia 2362

Bulgaria 1401

Spain 789

USA 277

France 149

Argentina 142

UK 128

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

FENICE’s partners

EUROINFORM Ltd – Bulgaria (Sofia)

University of Porto Faculty of Arts – Portugal

Fundatia EuroEd – Romania (Iasi)

University of Bucharest – Romania

E-KU Institute of language and Intercultural Communication - Slovakia (Nitra)

Official Language School - Spain (Malaga)

IES “Ribeira do Louro” - Spain (Porriño)

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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Thank you for the attention!

Giampiero de Cristofaro

E - mail: [email protected]

www.fenice-eu.org