Hit learners with music! they feel no pain!
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Transcript of Hit learners with music! they feel no pain!
Presenter: Theodore Georgios Lalos
Time slot: 13:20 – 14:10
Aims: 1. To highlight the importance of Songs in an ELT setting and the different stages of a song-basedlesson
2. To expose teachers to different ways of exploiting Songs for learning purposes
3. To incentivise teachers to use Songs as part oflearners’ learning process
Can we benefit from Songs?
Linguistic Factors
1. To enlarge the background vocabulary of learners
2. To develop listening / speaking skills
3. To improve pronunciation
4. To teach language functions
5. To recall / teach grammatical structures
Affective Factors
1. To add fun to learning
2. To motivate learners to participate
3. To help teachers get closer to their learners
4. To stimulate learners’ interest
5. To create a lively atmosphere
How to…design a song-based lesson
1. Pre – study stage
Draw attention - Arouse interest - Engage
2. While – studying stage
Learners perform tasks and activities which directly exploit the song
3. Post – study stage
Follow-up activities which practice the productive skills (speaking / writing)
How to… choose a Song
1. Content
2. Language aims
3. Skill aims
4. Pronunciation
5. Pace
It is common that too many drills makeboring lessons, but a favourite song can
be repeated again and again with equal enjoyment.
My English Songbook
Who’s the artist?
Adele
• She sold over 26 million copies of “21”
• Her latest album,“21”, was inspired by a break-up.
• Rolling in the deep, Set fire to the rain,Someone like you
• She earned 6 Grammy Awards
Time for some rolling…
in the deep!!!
Exercise 1: Put the sentences in the correct order (1-5).
We could have had it all
See how I leave with every piece of you
You had my heart inside of your hand
Finally, I can see you crystal clear
The scars of your love remind me of us
Exercise 2: Tick the words you hear.
Exercise 3: Listen carefully and complete the gaps.
1. You’re gonna wish you _____________ had met me
2. We _____________ have had it all
3. Rolling in the _______________
4. You ____________ my heart inside of your hand
Exercise 4: Count how many times the word“played” was sung and tick the appropriatebox.
1 2 3 4 5
Which phrases show her anger / that she wants to get revenge?
1. I’ll lay your shit bare
2. See how I leave with every piece of you
3. Don’t underestimate the things that Iwill do
4. You’re gonna wish you never had met me
5. I’m gonna make your head burn
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a
b
d
c
Is it deep or dip?
That’s the question!
Pronunciation
peach /i:/ pitch /ɪ/
Listen and say.
Reaching a fever pitch.
Listen and say.
peach, deep, pitch, dip
Which word doesn’t have the /i:/ sound, as in peach?
reach, feel, it, beat, deep