Songs - Genres 2. Reasons For Using Songs in ESL 3. How To Use Songs

LGA3102 - Week 3
1. Songs - Genres 2. Reasons for using songs in ESL 3. How to use songs
Different Types of songs
Folk songs - covers a vast array of musical styles, but is most commonly used to refer to a narrative song that uses traditional melodies to speak on a particular topic.
Often, topical folk songs address social and political issues such as work, war, and popular opinion.
Often these songs are passed down within a community
Lullaby - a soothing song, usually sung to young children before they go to sleep, with the intention of aiding that process.
Songs are often simple and repetitive.

Lullabies are usually in triple metre or 6/8 time, giving them a "characteristic swinging or rocking motion.
Rhythm and blues - often abbreviated to R&B a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat
Pop music - a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular" is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy hooks
Jazz - a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th Century, arguably earlier, within the AfricanAmerican communities of the Southern United States.
Reasons for Using Songs in ESL

Refer to notes in week 1
Some other ideas

Using songs makes the class ambiance lively and helps students learn more quickly. Most students are highly motivated by song-based activities, which they perceive to be fun.
Lessons around songs that can be used to practise any of the main language skills Grammar can be surreptitiously presented or practised through songs! Music can relax, disinhibit and simultaneously stimulate students
Playing a song affects class atmosphere. You can use it to calm, energise... There is often a lot of repetition in songs, which can aid long-term memory. The rhythmical aspect of music also aids rote memorisation.
Research shows that students may retain more vocabulary when presented through a song.
Music isn't scary; it's part of students' lives outside the classroom. Bringing pop music to class can help break down barriers, enabling students to better relate to their teacher and classmates.
Students may feel more fluent singing along to song lyrics than they do speaking a foreign language, so this builds confidence. Music with lyrics engages both sides of the brain so becomes a powerful learning tool. Using music to teach a second language is consistent with Gardners theory of multiple intelligences.
A range of colloquial language can easily be introduced through songs. Most lyrics need to be interpreted, and regular practise of this may improve prediction and comprehension skills.
Pop songs cover a wide variety of general interest topics so are perfect for theme-based lessons.
Language learners can learn good pronunciation. Students may learn to segment new words more effectively when learning through song. Using songs in your lessons is a great way to encourage students to do so outside of class, providing essential extra-curricular listening practise.
Using Songs in ESL Classroom.
So how exactly should you go about including songs in your lessons?
Most importantly, remember that to maximise the benefits you must keep standard language teaching methods in mind.
Choose a song that the whole class will enjoyincluding the teacher! Must be relatively easy to understand.
Must have interesting, useful vocabulary and numerous rhymes! It should be a song that all the students will accept to sing in class.
Copy of the lyrics can be downloaded from the Internet into a DOC file. Link to the song (video or audio)online to assist you when implementing. Using the song, make some gap-filling exercises from the lyrics
Think of other appropriate tasks for students to do while they listen to the song.
This main activity should be directly connected with doing something with the language of the song.
What to consider when choosing songs to be used in an ESL classroom?
Check the quality of the recording of the song before playing them for your students & make sure that the lyrics of the song is comprehensible. Be aware that ESL students should learn at least eight to 10 new vocabulary words a week.
Make sure the content is thematically, syntactically and lexically appropriate for the students.
Tutorial Task Week 3 1. Read on preferences of young learners in relation to songs to be taught in class. 2. Compile at least 2 samples of songs that would appeal to children. Identify the songs Print out the songs Justify your choice

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LGA3102 - Week 3

Different Types of songs

Songs are often simple and repetitive.

Reasons for Using Songs in ESL

Some other ideas

Using Songs in ESL Classroom.

So how exactly should you go about including songs in your lessons?

What to consider when choosing songs to be used in an ESL classroom?

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