1. Language lessons with a Sing Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves http://souffler.typepad.com/home/2011/01/oldham-primary-languages-conference-2011.html

2. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Who on earth is he? 3. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves 4. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves 5. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Out of the fullness of the HEART the mouth SPEAKS. Out of the learning of grammar, the mouth speaks Creativity & language learning 6. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Fill up childrens hearts how to spark that emotional connection in pupils with the materials they are trying to learn 7. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves How music, rhythm and singing can inspire both you and your pupils in your lessons and help make this emotional connection 8. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Adaptable to any language Adaptable to any area of the curriculum 9. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves

Lesson Starters and vocal warm-ups

Using music to teach/practise lesson content

A look at phonic songs

10. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Lesson Starters and vocal warm-ups Vous tes vraiment barjot The FIRST requirement of learning a language is that you are prepared to look and sound like a complete plonker 11. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Lesson Starters and vocal warm-ups Vowels Consonant+ vowel Cognates Definingsyllables Practise structures 12. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Lesson Starters and vocal warm-ups The (any language) Haka Praise Phrases Language Aerobics Revising language learnt 13. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Lesson Starters and vocal warm-ups The power of Call & Response

Focuses class

Respond asonevoice

Very powerful when

pupil leads the class

Comfortable for all

14. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Using music/rhythm to teach/practise lesson content Practise simple dialogues /Sentences to music. Build up your own set of backing tracks Choose strong rhythmic tracks 15. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Using music/rhythm to teach/practise lesson content Sources of backing tracks Audio Network Professionally Produced music for TV/film www.audionetwork.com http://audio.lgfl.org.uk Many LEAs have licenses 16. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Sources of backing tracks Using music/rhythm to teach/practise lesson content Use well-known songs www.karaoke-version.com www.guitarbackingtrack.com 17. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Using phonic songs Singing isfirstto encourage good pronunciationsecondtolearn structure/vocab 18. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves

It has a catchy tune

Its easy to learn

It has a bit of humour

It has an identifiable character in it expressing emotion so that pupils can easily latch onto meaning

There is a lot of repetition

You can do actions to help memorise the language

It practises an absolutely core structure, the second verb infinitive with je peux / je ne peux pas

It develops pronunciation as it integrates many different ways of expressing the French acute accented e sound with other similar sounding phonemes.

What makes a good song? 19. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Links Phonic songs from souffler.co.uk French, German, Spanish song/rap resources from Carole Nicolls language-factory.co.uk Task Magic software from Mdlsoft.co.uk 20. Web: www.souffler.co.uk Email: souffler.uk@gmail.com Blog: www.souffler.typead.com.uk Twitter: @ markpurves Links Wavepad and Audacity sound editors Mixcraft, a windows version of Garageband. Record yours or pupil vocals over a backing track