How to teach english using songs

How to teach english using songs

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  Hasanah Dayang Rose (D) How to teachEnglish using songs
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  1. Specific learningobjective 2. Pinpoint key concepts 3. Decide 4. Select your song 5. Listen 6. Intersperse songs throughout the lesson 7. Choose popular songs 8. Decide the medium 9. Provide questions 10. Reinforce concepts 11. Move!!!
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  Learning objective  Besure to have a specific learning objective in mind and shape your lesson around that. * What to teach? * What to achieve? • Note : Focus on one or two songs at the most. Too many songs at a time, distract you from achieving your objective
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  Pinpoint the keyconcepts  Review your lesson plan for the day and pinpoint the key concepts you wish to teach.  This can be anything as specific as "progressive verb conjugations" to something more general, such as "improve conversation skills.“ “Good morning….. “Good morning…. “Good morning to you….. “Good morning… “Good morning…. “And how do you do…?”
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  Decide  Decide whetheryou wish to incorporate songs that : a) students will sing (best for working on verbal skills), b) or listen to (better for listening skills), c) or a combination of both.
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  Select your song Select songs from your teaching materials, or create your own.  Choose a well-known song with a simple melody, such as "Mary Had a Little Lamb" or "Three Blind Mice,"  Write your own words, incorporating the concept you wish to enforce. * Repetition is the key, so make your songs simple and repetitive, focusing on the skill or skills you wish to work on in your lesson.
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  Listen  Have studentslisten to the songs at least once before attempting to sing.  Play or model the song. * Review the lyrics.
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  Intersperse the songsthroughout the lesson  Intersperse the songs throughout the lesson. For example, for every five minutes you spend lecturing, spend one minute listening or singing. * help students remember key concepts, * help to "wake up" the class and * ensure everyone is paying attention.
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  Songs can wakehim up ^_^
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  Choose popular songs Choose popular songs (rather than nursery rhymes) and focus more on listening.  For example, if students are studying the challenging concept of phrasal verbs, provide them with a lyrics sheet with words to a well- known song and have them highlight all the phrasal verbs they see.  Play the song, then discuss how those verbs were used in context to see if students can discern the meaning.  Play the song again to help reinforce how those phrasal verbs were used, which will help the students remember.
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  Decide the medium Use a disc player or other device to play the song in class, or sing it yourself!  Provide the students with a written copy of the words of the song to read along. (for advanced students)  Bring your own instrument! (to attract children’s attention)
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  Provide questions (for advancedstudents)  Provide a list of questions that you will be looking at, regarding the song(s).  Read these questions to the class before playing the song.  Doing this will help your students learn more by preparing their minds for what to listen to, making them targeted listeners.
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  Reinforce concepts  Whenteaching children, you may use songs over and over again to reinforce the concepts.  Repetition, repetition, repetition!
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  Move!!!!  Action songscan be really appealing to children.  So, choose your songs properly.  Try to use songs which incorporate movements. Costumes can be very useful
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  Songs and mathematics???
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  references  Read more:How to Teach English by Songs | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7692523_t each-english-songs.html#ixzz2IW4gdl4G  http://prairieprincess.hubpages.com/hub/How-to- Teach-English-by-Songs