USING MUSIC TO TEACH ENGLISH

The importance of use music in SLA

The music helps your studentes in many ways. You can get students’ attention essaier and the learn new vocabulary, grammar structures, accent and cultural expressions which are dificult teach them in a normal conditions.

Advantages        

1.       Students' attention

2.       Getting new vocabulary

3.       Learn  accent and cultural expressions

4.       Develop of listening skill

5.       Help with the grammar structures

6.       It’s cheaper

7.       Teacher can  create autentic material

HOW TO SELECT A APPROPRIATE SONG?

When teacher want to use a song for any topic, he needs to consider, the next parameters:

·         Age

·         Level

·         Topic

·         Background

·         Culture

·         Resources

·         Time of class

·         Learning styles

Some activities or techniques which can be implemented in Teaching English. 

• Use Music to Create a Desired Learning Atmosphere- when students do anyactivity, the teacher put a song to create an English atmosphere.
• Use Gap-Fills- teacher give a sheet of paper with a lyrics of a song but without some words and the students try to fill it
• Other is: teacher play a song and the students write it, this activity it for high level