INFLUENCE OF THE MUSIC ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE - USING MUSIC IN CLASSROOM AS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

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😎This part of the blog focuses on how the use of music can be particularly meaningful in an EFL classroom. This practice helps to identify/observe language elements in context, but also improves your ability to retain information and music has the ability to bridge cultures and languages. 👌

For example: 

🅱efore you play any music: It is prudent to find out students’ choice of music. Songs with repetitive verses are better because can be used with ease and students can understand. For advanced-level users of the language, songs with complex language structures and concepts too 

🆆arm up: Music can be used as a good introduction to a lesson, just to warm them up for a lesson. For example, Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song' can be used to talk about environmental concerns. A song with an easy-to-repeat chorus.

🅶rammar: Music is particularly useful for teaching grammatical structures, our brains are wired to process information. After working with the lyrics of a song, students can focus on some examples of grammatical structure. For example, for example, to teach the present continuous, I use the song 🎶"In the Shadows" by The Rasmus 🎸 I use the lyrics as a worksheet, without the past participles and main verbs in the lines with the target language. The context of the song further helps to establish the use and meaning of the present perfect continuous.

🆅ocabulary: Music can serve as an excellent teaching tool when learning new words using new genres of music. One suggestion may be to play soft music while the students list some adjectives that come to mind. Play different genres of music such as reggae, blues, rock, etc. A lyrics worksheet with blanks can be shared with them before they listen to the song and fill in the words in the blanks. This way students learn the meaning of new vocabulary words.

LIST OF SONGS AND RESPECTIVE TOPICS

  • “Yesterday” by The Beatles- to teach past simple verb forms.
  • “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music- to get students to discuss their favorite things, coupled with illustration; to teach vocabulary items and pronunciation
  • Cocomelon-Nursery Rhymes (on YouTube)- host of songs for pre-primary and primary kids
  •  “All My Loving” by The Beatles- to teach structures for a future time
  • “Summer of 69” by Bryan Adams- to teach language structures for past time
  • “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift- to teach grammar for the present time
  • “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking” by U2- to teach present perfect
  • “Magical Kisses” by Savage Garden- to teach ‘will’ for a future time.









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