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Singing workshop AMEP Consortium Day Nov 12 2010

Singing workshop AMEP Consortium Day Nov 12 2010. Anne Smith Carmel Davies, Sharon Duff. Using song in the ESL classroom brings several intelligences together at the same time and strengthens the learning process- hopefully leads to PMA . WHY SONG??

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Singing workshop AMEP Consortium Day Nov 12 2010

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  1. Singing workshopAMEP Consortium DayNov 12 2010 Anne Smith Carmel Davies, Sharon Duff

  2. Using song in the ESL classroom brings several intelligences together at the same time and strengthens the learning process- hopefully leads to PMA

  3. WHY SONG?? • Song is good for teaching rhythm, connected speech and some features of intonation • Song is good for picking out and working on difficult phonemes. • Songs stick in your head. • Songs carry culture. Song is good for picking out and working on difficult phonemes. Songs stick in your head. Songs carry culture.

  4. The emotion attached to song make it easier to remember. • Singing /chanting is pleasurable and interesting - increases endorphinswhich make people relax and feel good. • We can listen to and repeat a song many more times than a standard dialogue.

  5. Language in song is closer to spoken language than written form - recent discourse theorists have noted that spoken language has poetic structures eg. The use of repetition. • Language teaching has used the written form as the model, when actually song is much closer to everyday speech!!

  6. Song reaches learners with left and right brain strengths

  7. Successful performance in a second language requires competence in the kinesic (body motions) and prosodic(accent, intonation and rhythm) forms of the new language And........ It’s fun!!!

  8. MY ISLAND HOMEas sung by Christine Anu Six years I’ve been in the city And every night I dream of the sea They say home is where you find itWill this place ever satisfy me

  9. For I come from the salt water peopleWe always live by the sea Now I’m down here living in the city With my man and the family

  10. My island home My island homeMy island home is waiting for me My island home My island homeMy island home is waiting for me

  11. Now the boring stuff … • Grammar points • Six yearsI’ve been in the city (I’ve been in the city for 6 years) • Every nightI dream of the sea • NowI’m down here living in the city • Now make 6 sentences about yourself • Eg. I’ve been learning English for 2 years._______ • I’ve been ___________________________ I’ve been __________________________ • Every night I _________________________ Every day I ________________________ • Now ____________________________ Now ________________________________

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