Hello everyone!!! Today I want to share some useful information about the use of music in classroom. You'll discovered why it is important the use of this tool.
There are many songs that you can use, one of the favorite songs last year was "Baby Shark". So, I share the video. Enjoy it 😁
Many teachers know that songs are fun and can
engage young English learners, and understanding more deeply the benefits for
child development and learning could help them use songs more effectively.
Music and song can do the following:
- Provide
authentic, meaningful context: Using songs bring
authentic language. The new language becomes more comprehensible,
memorable and useful.
- Introduce
children to the target culture: perhaps the first
exposure to the existence and richness of a culture.
- Create
enjoyable classroom atmosphere: students lower their
anxiety.
- Provide
opportunities to practice oral language: the melody and rhythm are
useful for improving students’ pronunciation and intonation.
- Aid in retention and comprehension: the rhythm and
repetition in songs help learners retain new language.
- Enhance
literacy instructions: They are effective for developing phonemic
awareness.
Furthermore, children are able to retain much
larger amounts of information through the use of songs. Researcher asserts that
a child can imitate the rhythm and musical contours of the language long before
he can say the words, and caretakers of young children will agree. Musical
aspects of language, tone, pauses, stress, and timbre are sonorous units into
which phonemes, the consonant and vowel sounds of language, are later placed .
There are many songs that you can use, one of the favorite songs last year was "Baby Shark". So, I share the video. Enjoy it 😁
I totally agree with you Chayito.
ReplyDeleteLearning shoul be fun and what a better way than learning through singing and dancing. I used to do that with little kids and they just love it. Now with my pre-teen students I use music but they don´t like to dance :(.
Thanks for sharing Chayito!!!
Greetings!!
When having kids as students, one of the most challenging things is to teach and students don´t get bored. Through music and dancing I think is one of the most effective ways to do it. I liked the information. Thanks Chayito!
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ReplyDeleteThe ways in which you can use a song for your class can be very wide: practicing vocabulary, pronunciation, rhythm, intonation, and listening comprehension; it could be a warmer, a song for closing your class, ... Well, for almost all the purposes you can think about.
ReplyDeleteAnd it is not just for kids: teenagers and adults can also enjoy song activities, but they may not sing them or dance.
Thanks for sharing, Rosy!
There is no doubt that working with rhythms, sounds or music in preschool, in the teaching of English as a second language, is a very useful tool.
ReplyDeleteMusic helps develop their senses and emotions.
When trying to sing they expand their vocabulary incredibly as well as they develop the listening.
And it is possible to manage an adequate environment in class. The children feel comfortable and help them to work in a more pleasant way.
Excellent topic Rosy!
Wow! Very interesting, I too work with young Kindergarteners and singing and dancing is one of their favorite ways to practice their English! It also works for me when they are getting tired of working, a little dancing break sure helps! Thank you for sharing more ideas!
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