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Surviving Through Song – Words of Wisdom for TEFL Teachers

Surviving Through Song – Words of Wisdom for TEFL Teachers. Neil McMahon neil@ih-buenosaires.com. Anglo Conference Montevideo, 19/8/12. Surviving through song. Song ideas to help you survive Words of wisdom for teachers Observation ideas to help you reflect. Surviving through song.

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Surviving Through Song – Words of Wisdom for TEFL Teachers

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  1. Surviving Through Song – Words of Wisdom for TEFL Teachers Neil McMahon neil@ih-buenosaires.com Anglo Conference Montevideo, 19/8/12

  2. Surviving through song Song ideas to help you survive Words of wisdom for teachers Observation ideas to help you reflect

  3. Surviving through song The sixties

  4. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore For students

  5. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Lead-in What’s the best / worst party you’ve ever been to? Whose party was it? What was the celebration? Where was it held? Who was there? What happened at the party? Why was it good / bad?

  6. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Gist task Why does she want to cry? Detailed task Who knows where Johnny is? Who left the party with Johnny? Who is Johnny? What is the singer doing? Is she happy? What surprise does she get at the end of the song?

  7. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Nobody knows where my Johnny has goneJudy left the same timeWhy was he holding her handWhen he's supposed to be mineIt's my party, and I'll cry if I want toCry if I want to, cry if I want toYou would cry too if it happened to you Playin' my records, keep dancin' all nightLeave me alone for a while'Till Johnny's dancin' with meI've got no reason to smileJudy and Johnny just walked through the doorLike a queen with her kingOh what a birthday surpriseJudy's wearin' his ring

  8. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Language focus1 I'll cry if I want to a b 2 You would cry too if it happened to you c d Is she singing about the present or the past? Which sentence is about the real world (real)? 1 / 2 Which sentence is about an imagined world (unreal)? 1 / 2 present 2 1

  9. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore 1 I'll cry if I want to a b 2 You would cry too if it happened to you c d Which phrases express conditions? a & c / b & d Which phrases express results? a & c / b & d In real present conditions we use if + present / if + past In unreal present conditions we use if + present / if + past  b & d a & c if + present if + past

  10. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore 1 I'll cry if I want to a b 2 You would cry too if it happened to you c d In real results we use present modals / past modals In unreal results we use present modals / past modals Can the condition come before the result? yes / no present modals past modals yes

  11. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Controlled Practice Complete the sentences in a fun way: It’s my __________ and I _____ __________ if I want to. It’s his __________ and he _____ __________ if he wants to. If she wants to, she _____ __________ . If they __________ , they _____ __________ . We _____ __________ if we __________ . Compare your sentences with your partner. Who do you think are the he, she, they and we of your partner?

  12. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Freer practice What ‘conditions’ are you ‘under’ at the moment? E.g. I have to go straight home from class tonight. I have to go to work tomorrow. I have to go to a wedding next Saturday. I want to watch the game tomorrow. I want to have pasta for dinner tonight.

  13. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Discuss with your partner what results will/would happen if these conditions don’t / didn’t take place. E.g. If I didn’t go straight home tonight, my wife would kill me. If I didn’t go to work tomorrow, I would have to get a doctor’s certificate. If I didn’t go to the wedding on Saturday, my best friend would never talk to me again. If I don’t watch the game tomorrow, I’ll see the highlights on the news. If we don’t have pasta for dinner tonight, maybe we’ll have a pizza. Do you agree your partner has chosen the correct un/real conditions and results?

  14. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore For teachers

  15. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Nobody knows where my Johnny has goneJudy left the same timeWhy was he holding her handWhen he's supposed to be mineIt's my party, and I'll cry if I want toCry if I want to, cry if I want toYou would cry too if it happened to you Playin' my records, keep dancin' all nightLeave me alone for a while'Till Johnny's dancin' with meI've got no reason to smileJudy and Johnny just walked through the doorLike a queen with her kingOh what a birthday surpriseJudy's wearin' his ring

  16. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore So what does Lesley have to say to us? It’s not your party! No crying! • Put the students first, don’t talk about or plan ‘your’ lesson, plan theirs! • Do what the students want to do and need to do • Listen carefully to what your students are saying • Always be in a good mood

  17. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore For observation

  18. It’s My Party – Lesley Gore Errors and correction

  19. Surviving through song The seventies

  20. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats For students

  21. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats Lead in What’s your favourite day of the week? What do you usually do that day? What do you eat? When? Where? Who do you spend it with? What’s your least favourite day of the week? What do you usually do that day? What do you eat? When? Where? Who do you spend it with?

  22. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats Gist task Who doesn’t like Mondays? Why not? Detailed task Why do you think she doesn’t like Mondays? Quote the text three times in your answer. What story does the song tell?

  23. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats And all the playing's stopped in the playground nowShe wants to play with her toys a whileAnd school's out early and soon we'll be learningAnd the lesson today is how to dieAnd then the bullhorn crackles and the captain cracklesWith the problems and the how's and why'sAnd he can see no reasonsCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to die The Telex machine is kept so cleanAs it types to a waiting worldAnd Mother feels so shockedFather's world is rockedAnd their thoughts turn to their own little girlSweet 16 ain't that peachy keenNo, it ain't so neat to admit defeatThey can see no reasonsCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shownTell me why I don't like Mondays...I want to shoot the whole day down The silicon chip inside her headGets switched to overloadAnd nobody's gonna go to school todayShe's going to make them stay at homeAnd daddy doesn't understand itHe always said she was as good as goldAnd he can see no reasonCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shownTell me why I don't like Mondays...I want to shoot the whole day down The silicon chip inside her headGets switched to overloadAnd nobody's gonna go to school todayShe's going to make them stay at homeAnd daddy doesn't understand itHe always said she was as good as goldAnd he can see no reasonCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shownTell me why I don't like Mondays...I want to shoot the whole day down

  24. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats Webquest presentations Find out as much as you can about your topic and then prepare a three minute presentation for the rest of the class Group A - Bob Geldof Group B – The Boomtown Rats Group C – I don’t like Mondays Start with Wikipedia in English!

  25. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats For teachers

  26. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats So what does Bob have to say to us? Like Monday! Stay fresh! Be efficient! • Put your life before your teaching (be happy!) • Limit your lesson planning (schedule it) • Borrow, copy, steal and share (local and global) • Structure your marking (use writing portfolio) • Think about Monday on Monday, not Sunday!

  27. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats For observation

  28. I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats Critical moments

  29. Surviving through song The eighties

  30. Just Like Heaven – The Cure For students

  31. Just Like Heaven – The Cure You, soft and only You, often lonely You, strangers and girls Dancing in the deep sea oceans Wishing for a daughter You're just like a dream Daylight hit me into shape I must have been a sheep agraze I moved my lips to breathe her name I opened up my eyes And found my shelf at home at home At home upon a raging seatThat stole the lonely girl I loved And drowned her sleep inside of me You, soft and only You, often lonely You, dressed like heaven "Show me how you do that thing The one that makes me dream" she said "The one that makes me ask" she said And threw her arms around my neck "Show me how you do it And I promise you I promise that I'll spend a day with you I'll spend a day with you"  Spinning on that silly bed I missed the place and missed the bed And screamed of all the different days I had To make her know "Where are you on father’s day?" she said "Why won't you ever go one time in Liverpool That I'm in Liverpool" 

  32. Just Like Heaven – The Cure For teachers

  33. Just Like Heaven – The Cure You, soft and only, You, lost and lonelyYou, strange as angels Dancing in the deepest oceansTwisting in the water You're just like a dream Daylight licked me into shape I must have been asleep for days And moving lips to breathe her name I opened up my eyes And found myself alone alone Alone above a raging sea That stole the only girl I loved And drowned her deep inside of me You, soft and only You, lost and lonely You, just like heaven "Show me how you do that trickThe one that makes me scream“ she said"The one that makes me laugh“ she saidAnd threw her arms around my neck"Show me how you do itAnd I promise you, I promise thatI'll run away with youI'll run away with you" Spinning on that dizzy edgeI kissed her face and kissed her headAnd dreamed of all the different ways I hadto make her glow"Why are you so far away?" she said"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with youThat I'm in love with you“

  34. Just Like Heaven – The Cure So what does Robert have to say to us? I think... Show me! Get proof! • elicit instructions to obvious tasks • do student-centred examples • check meaning precisely (CCQs/pictures/realia) • ask students give reasons for answers in feedback (why) • get students to repeat corrected language accurately • look for evidence in your lessons when reflecting on them

  35. Just Like Heaven – The Cure For observation

  36. Just Like Heaven – The Cure On the podium

  37. Surviving through song The nineties

  38. Wonderwall – Oasis For students

  39. Wonderwall – Oasis realise throw how lights heart save word winding doubt feel

  40. Wonderwall – Oasis

  41. Wonderwall – Oasis

  42. Wonderwall – Oasis For teachers

  43. Wonderwall – Oasis Today was gonna be the dayBut they'll never throw it back to youBy now you should've somehowRealized what you're not to doI don't believe that anybodyFeels the way I do, about you now And all the roads that lead you there are windingAnd all the lights that light the way are blindingThere are many things that IWould like to say to you but I don't know howI said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves meAnd after all, you're my wonderwall And all the roads we have to walk are windingAnd all the lights that lead us there are blindingThere are many things that IWould like to say to you but I don't know howBecause maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves meAnd after all, you're my wonderwall Today is gonna be the dayThat they're gonna throw it back to youBy now you should've somehowRealized what you gotta doI don't believe that anybodyFeels the way I do, about you now Back beat, the word was on the streetThat the fire in your heart is outI'm sure you've heard it all beforeBut you never really had a doubtI don't believe that anybodyFeels the way I do about you now

  44. Wonderwall – Oasis So what do Liam & Noel have to say to us? all the roads that lead you there are winding • Try different ways of doing the same activity, teaching the same language, correcting an error • Try and match your students to activity types • Experiment with new ideas, old methods, etc. • Think critically about everything you do and reflect!

  45. Wonderwall – Oasis For observation

  46. Wonderwall – Oasis Successful stages

  47. Surviving through song The noughties

  48. You spin me round – Dead or Alive For students

  49. You spin me round – Dead or Alive Lead in Do you like dancing? How often do you go dancing? What are the benefits of dancing? Do you ever watch dance? What is your opinion of dance as an art form? Gist task When the singer sings ‘you spin me round’ what does he mean?

  50. You spin me round – Dead or Alive Detailed task What does the listener do to the singer? What does the singer want from the listener? What does the singer know about the listener? What does the singer ask the listener to do? What does the singer warn the listener? Follow up speaking Could you dance to this song? Do you find it catchy? Would you play it at your birthday / wedding / mum’s birthday / BBQ / nephew’s baptism

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