Teaching English through songs in the digital age (part 1 of 4): Background readings and resources
In case you didn´t know, I´m an avid tweeter, especially for Professional Development and networking with colleagues all over the world. And one of the best examples of collaboration towards PD in ELT is #ELTchat, a weekly one-hour conversation on Twitter on a topic voted by those who are interested in participating. #ELTchat is usually moderated by the amazing @Marisa_C (Marisa Constantinides), @rliberni (Berni Wall) and @esolcourses (Sue Lyon Jones) and each weekly chat is archived at http://eltchat.com/.
Yesterday, #ELTchat was about Teaching English through songs: activities, resources and benefits of using songs for teaching. So that you get an idea of the intensity of the conversation, these are the stats:
- 13 readings and resources,
- 68 ideas for using songs,
- 50 example songs with links,
- 11 music-related web 2.0 tools
All this information, which I have tried to digest for easier consumption, is too long to be posted in one blog post so I have divided it into 4 parts:
- Part 1: Background readings and resources related to teaching English through songs
- Part 2: Ideas of tasks for using songs
- Part 3: Specific songs and their uses
- Part 4: Music-related web 2.0 tools
You can, of course, access the original #ELTchat at http://eltchat.com/2011/01/13/teaching-english-through-songs-activities-resources-and-benefits-of-using-songs-for-teaching/
So here it goes!
Background reading and general resources
Using music in world language performance assessment , interesting article, based on ACTFL modes of communication, 4 performance assessments [word doc]
Music and Song by Tim Murphey. (OUP) Useful teacher resource book
Musical English Lessons and categorized by language focus
Esol UK has great bank of songs, videos and activities
My ESL friends Song page by George Machlan
Music and Songs in the Classroom: Techniques to Aid the Language Learning Process by Elda Macias
Teacher training presentation on using song by David Deubelbeiss.
Facebook group Songs for Teaching (sent by Susana Canelo)
Songs in EFL classroom, another great blog post by @evab2001
I hope you enjoyed these resources which were contributed by all those partcipating in #ELTchat. Part 2 coming soon...
Music and Songs in the Classroom: Techniques to Aid the Language Learning Process by Elda Macias
Teacher training presentation on using song by David Deubelbeiss.
Facebook group Songs for Teaching (sent by Susana Canelo)
Songs in EFL classroom, another great blog post by @evab2001
I hope you enjoyed these resources which were contributed by all those partcipating in #ELTchat. Part 2 coming soon...
Tags: #ELTchat, music, songs, twitter
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