Post on 17-Oct-2020
MUSIC AND SOME COGNITIVE EFECTS:
*A recent study done by the research group
with undergraduate students (2013) says
students want communicative activities
(“buscar más métodos didácticos para que
la lengua extranjera sea más amena para
los estudiantes, “más actividades lúdicas”)
*Music can help develop language abilities
MUSIC AND SOME COGNITIVE EFECTS:
*Engages students in the classroom and
increases graduation rates
*Improves early cognitive development,
math and reading skills
*Develops critical thinking and leadership
skills
*Fosters self-esteem and the ability to work
cooperatively in teams
*
MOTIVATION:
No human society has existed without music,
and many people experience music as a crucial
aspect of their everyday lives. Music offers
numerous personal and social benefits, including
improvements in cognitive-emotional awareness,
enhanced self-regulating behavior, and enhanced
social responsibility (Hargreaves & North, 1999;
North et al., 2004).
“Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.”
― Modest Mouse, Modest Mouse - Good News for
People Who Love Bad News
“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and
in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me
that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”
― John Lennon
Some Kind of Activities in the classroom:
- Fill in the blanks
- Singing along
- Identifying meanings
- Identify grammatical tenses
SOME BENEFITS:
* Learn new vocabulary
* Learn about foreign cultures
* Acquire confidence
* Easy way to match previous and new
knowledge
Bibliographic references:
- Brooks, Megan. November 18, 2013
More evidence that music benefits the brain.
- http://www.vh1savethemusic.org/why-music/benefits-
to-the-brain
- http://www.medscape.com
http://www.songfacts.com
http://www.azlyrics.com