Utilizing Music and Songs to Promote Student Engagement in ESL Classrooms

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Utilizing Music and Songs to Promote Student Engagement in ESL Classrooms

Music apps in the classroom

LyricsTraining

Discovr

Shazam.

iTunes

Google play music

Benefits of including music in ESL classrooms

• Language skills • Improve test results • Self-esteem • Listening skills • Mathematical skills • It makes the brain works harder • Relieve the stress • Change moods

Creative Music Activities

Some student-centered music activities that can stimulate students’ creativity, while also developing their language skills

Presenting on a musician or music genre

Preparing a lyric video

Planning (and filming) a music video

Writing alternative verses of lyrics

Free-write/free-draw to the music

Three Stages of a Song

Post-listening stage

▪ Singing/chanting ▪ Discuss the message of the song ▪ Write a summary of the story told in the song ▪ Read an article related to the topic of the song

While-listening stage

▪ Ordering words, ▪ Listening for detail ▪ Listening for gist ▪ Matching

Pre-listening stage

▪ Warm-up questions ▪ Presentation of key vocabulary, phrases or grammar structures

Integrating Music and Songs in ELT

Selecting Music and Songs

Classroom Opportunities

Musical Preferences of the Students and the Teacher

Language Content and Quality of the Song

The Age and Proficiency Level of the Students

Purpose of the Song

Techniques for Using Music with L2 Learners

Inspire a class discussion

Teach reading comprehension

Teach pronunciation and intonation

Teach and build vocabulary and idioms

Introduce a new theme or topic

Importance of including music in the learning process

The importance of using music and songs in language teaching can be further illustrated by the close relationship between music and language, Gardner (2011)

What is music?

The art of combining sounds in a time sequence according to the laws of harmony, melody and rhythm, or of producing them with musical instruments.