The use of songs in teaching vocabulary to Primary School Ss

[MartaJoko]

Hi there,
I am writing my diploma project and I am looking for materials connected with the topic given in the title , I will be thankful if u give me some clues. thx xx

[TutorT]

G'day MartaJoko from Australia :D

I'm not sure if this will be of any help to you but I have recently launched a site - http://www.tutortunes.com that makes availabe songs that I have specifically written grammatical focuses into the lyrics. My songs are popsongs designed to sound like normal popsongs you might hear on the radio but might have a lot of prepositions, or irregular verbs, or idioms, etc , in the lyrics.
I would classify my songs as "Adult Contemporary Pop" and not children's music however I wonder if the philosophy is the same. The brain uses it's creative centres more efficiently to recall language if the words are grouped in a melody....
If you put ESL SONGS MUSIC into google you can find other sites delivering music to aid the learning of English.

Best of luck
Grainger Lock

[ICAL_Pete]

See also these 2 articles in the ICALwiki:

Songs in the Classroom

Karoake in the Classroom

[teaching]

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[Syl]

You can find the answer in a post I wrote sometime ago, in which I related more to pronunciation and spelling. Nonetheless, the learning of vocabulary is definitely included.

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Syl:)

[Shelley]

Hi there,

With children it can be very helpful to use actions while the music is playing - that saves everyone sitting around like lemons!

Bear in mind that actions can be done to ANY song - not just Head Shoulders Knees and Toes.

For example use this great game as part of your pre-teaching:

Show a flashcard and name the word and make a symbol for that word.
Every time the class hear that word they make the relevant symbol.

Once you have pre-taught any keywords in the song using the above game and other listening games play the song, have the class listen out for the keywords and make the relevant symbol.

Make up any kind of actions or movements that feel nice to perform to go along with any instrumental parts. The more movement you have the more the class are actively engaged in listening and participating in the song. That gives a more memorable result than sitting at desks and listening, or even trying to fill in a gap fill while the song plays.

There are some useful song sites in this post and here is one more:
http://www.teachingenglishgames.com/eslsongs.htm

Enjoy!
Shelley

[Graziela]

2 links with great ideas on songs!
The kids will love all of them. I AM sure ( :

http://www.getenglishlessons.com/tag/eric-herman/

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs.htm