Music and Languages The Perfect Match.

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Music and languages the perfect match.

Edna Yahaira Pérez Sal

ABSTRACT and de-stress syllables, the stress


syllables are said approximately at
English teachers have had at least one regular intervals meanwhile the
student with a poor pronunciation unstressed o de-stressed ones are
level, it is because English is a stress- said shorter and weaker, in order to
timed language that means rhythm is accommodate the regular beat of the
stress or the English rhythm. (Simple
a fundamental part of the language
English Videos,2016)
pronunciation. English and Spanish
language have differences in rhythm,
stress and intonation, this causes that MUSIC TEACHER ROLE
Spanish speakers who study English
Language have problems with In order to stimulate students to
pronunciation and make to get the develop rhythm skills, it is
recommended that music teachers
English proper accent very difficult.
teach them how to discriminate
Learn by practicing rhythm, pitch, sounds, how pitch can be managed,
intonation and stress exercises will practice with student exercises to
make learning process better and acquire rhythm to talk in their native
students will acquire a better language. This way they can be able
pronunciation of English language. to adapt those exercises to any other
rhythm of language. One of the
Music and English teachers working exercises that is recommended for
together will make this process easier teachers to apply is to imitate sounds
for English language students, since and rhythms, also they can sing short
Music teacher facilitates students songs with the students and play with
exercises to improve rhythm the speed of the song, that means they
acquisition and stimulates the ear to can sing the song from the slowest to
get new rhythm and the voice to imitate the fastest, this will help students to
stress and intonation. When students develop abilities to imitate and follow
start practicing same exercise in and pronounce clearly. (Cua. H,
English course will be easier to personal Communication, September
achieve the goal, because they 5, 2018)
already have the skill developed.
Remarkable differences have been
noticed in students who follow that ENGLISH TEACHER’S ROLE
procedure.
English teachers will be able to adapt
Key words: Pitch, rhythm, intonation, the Spanish activities to English, such
stress, stimulation, music, practice. as the imitation of the rhythm of a song
in English, by applying “stress
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOPIC Humming” students will learn the
rhythm of English, they will be able to
English is a stress-timed language discriminate sounds and make the
which means it is composed of stress difference between the content words
and function words. In this way 2- Practicing rhythm, stress and
students learn that in English language intonation exercises frequently will
depending on what the speaker wants make the students develop speaking
to transmit the words will be stressed skills faster in the learning process.
or de-stressed.
3- Teaching English language is a very
The “repeat after me” exercise can be complex process it must be taught
practiced in different ways, such as completely, giving students not just
playing a native speaker’s grammar rules but funny and helpful
conversation and students should pronunciation exercises.
imitate it, by doing this students will be
able to follow the pattern of strong and RECOMMENDATIONS
weak stress of syllables or words in the
conversation because short and long 1- Music and English teacher should
pronunciation gives English its rhythm. plan together the rhythm, stress and
intonation activities in order to make
A non-native English speaker or the process effective.
syllable-timed speaker needs to learn
and master the rhythm of English 2- Music and English teacher should
because if the English language practice the rhythm, stress and
students learn the rhythm of the intonation activities in the beginning of
language, it will be easier to the scholar year.
understand him when he speaks and
also it will make English language 3- English teacher should facilitate
student feels comfortable when students activities in order for them to
speaking the language. (XansWorld, improve their pronunciation and feel
2010) more comfortable speaking the
language.
Practicing the rhythm exercises in a
fun way and doing it frequently will E-GRAPHY
make English language students Simple English Videos(2016, May 30) Stress
perform a better role in the English Timing and Rhythm in Sentences: Learn
English with Simple English Videos - ESL
language acquisition process. (Video File) Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J88mknD
kO8g
XansWorld(2010,January 24) Syllable-Timed
vs. Stress-Timed Languages (Video File)
Retrieved from
CONCLUSIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUMM5e
Cvi8w
1- When Music and English courses
are integrated, it is reached an
appropriate level of pronunciation.

1- un nivel de pronunciación
adecuado.

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