Learning English through Music

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Learning English through Music

• Music with Martha

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Can music help me learn English?

• What the Research Says

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Dictionary Research

• Parts of Speech 
• Noun
• What does the research say about music and
  language?
• Verb
• Last week, I researched the topic of music and
  language learning.
• Today, I will share my research with you. (noun
  or verb?)
• Pronunciation 
• rih suhrch
• ri suhrch  
• Definition (n)
• An intellectual investigation and study to obtain
  and analyze information
• Translation
• investigación

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Can music help me learn a language?What the
Research Says

• You can read some of the research in
• Bob Lakes article
• Music and Language Learning
• The OAL Connection, Fall 2002
• Bob Lake has been using music in the ESL
  classroom for over a decade.
• http//www.dtae.org/adultlit/connections/music.htm
  l

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What the Research Says 1

• Learning occurs in an environment of
• high stimulation and
• low anxiety.

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What the Research Says 1

• http//babel.altavista.com/tr
• Learning occurs in an environment
• El aprender ocurre en un ambiente
• of high stimulation and
• del alto estímulo y
• low anxiety.
• de ansiedad baja.

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What the Research Says 1

• New vocabulary word filter
• According to the theory, the emotional state of
  the learner acts as a filter that permits or
  stops input.

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What the Research Says 1

• According to the theory,
• Según la teoría,
• the emotional state of the learner
• el estado emocional del principiante
• acts as a filter that allows or stops input.
• actúa como filtro que permita o pare la entrada
  de informacion.
• http//babel.altavista.com/tr

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What the Research Says 2

• Music uses both hemispheres of the brain.

Drawings
Verbal
Metaphors
Concrete examples
Illustrated instructions
Written instructions
Music
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What the Research Says 3

• Language learners need information and practice
  at their own level of competency
• plus one, or just a bit more of the next level.
  

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What the Research Says 3

• Song lyrics help with plus one.
• The chorus is like a hook. Students learn the
  chorus and use it to learn the rest of the
  lyrics.
• New vocabulary Hook

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What the Research Says
Chorus
Repetitive
Easy to learn
Verses
More words
Harder to learn
Do not repeat
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Got a Reason

• Higherpraise.com Higherpraise.orgHigherpraise.n
  et
• Reworded by Martha Rankin

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Got a Reason Chorus

• Got a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for loving again
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Grammar got milk?
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Correct Grammar
Have you got milk?
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Grammar Lesson

• When have is used to speak about possession,
  relationships and other states, it is possible to
  use both have and have got
• My parents have a house in the country.
• My parents have got a house in the country.
• She has many brothers and sisters.
• She has got many brothers and sisters.
• I have a cold.
• I have got a cold.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• Got a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for loving again
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Grammar Lesson

• Got a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
• I have a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
• I have a reason for laughing againuhhuh
• Got a reason for loving again
• I have a reason for loving again
• Ive got love in my heart.
• I have got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• No reason to cry anymorenonooh
• No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
• No reason to die anymorenonooh
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Grammar Lesson

• No reason to cry anymorenonooh
• I dont have a reason to cry anymore.
• I havent got a reason to cry anymore.
• No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
• I dont have a reason to sigh anymore.
• I havent got a reason to sigh anymore.
• No reason to die anymore.
• I dont have a reason to die anymore.
• I havent got a reason to die anymore.
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Verse

• Monday I was all alone.
• Tuesday I sat by the phone.
• Wednesday I cried and I cried.
• Thursday Oh, I thought Id die.
• Friday I started to pray.
• Saturday I smiled all day.
• Sunday Oh, the heavens did part.
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• Got a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for loving again
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• No reason to cry anymorenonooh
• No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
• No reason to die anymore
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Verse

• Monday I was all alone.
• Tuesday I sat by the phone.
• Wednesday I cried and I cried.
• Thursday Oh, I thought Id die.
• Friday I started to pray.
• Saturday I smiled all day.
• Sunday Oh, the heavens did part.
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• Got a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for loving again
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• No reason to cry anymorenonooh
• No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
• No reason to die anymore
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Verse

• Monday I was all alone.
• Tuesday I sat by the phone.
• Wednesday I cried and I cried.
• Thursday Oh, I thought Id die.
• Friday I started to pray.
• Saturday I smiled all day.
• Sunday Oh, the heavens did part.
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• Got a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
• Got a reason for loving again
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Got a Reason Chorus

• No reason to cry anymorenonooh
• No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
• No reason to die anymore.
• Ive got love in my heart.
• Ive got love in my heart.
• Ive got love in my heart.

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Give a Little Love

• By Ziggy Marley

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Give a Little Love Chorus

• Weve got to give a little love
• Have a little hope
• Make this world a little better.
• Try a little more
• Harder than before
• Lets do what we can do together.
• Whoa, oh, oh
• We can make it even better, yeah!
• Oh, oh, oh, la, la, la
• Only if we try.

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Give a Little Love Chorus

• Livin in this crazy world.
• So caught up in the confusion.
• Nothin is makin sense.
• For me and you.
• Maybe we can find a way.
• Theres got to be a solution.
• How to make a brighter day.
• What do we do?

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Give a Little Love Chorus

• Weve got to give a little love
• Have a little hope
• Make this world a little better.
• Try a little more
• Harder than before
• Lets do what we can do together.
• Whoa, oh, oh
• We can make it even better, yeah!
• Oh, oh, oh, la, la, la
• Only if we try.

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Give a Little Love Chorus

• Got the wars on our minds
• Got the troubles on our shoulders
• Sometimes it seems so much
• What we go through.
• Maybe if we take the time
• Time to understand each other
• We can learn to make it right.
• What do we do?

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Give a Little Love Chorus

• Weve got to give a little love
• Have a little hope
• Make this world a little better.
• Try a little more
• Harder than before
• Lets do what we can do together.
• Whoa, oh, oh
• We can make it even better, yeah!
• Oh, oh, oh, la, la, la
• Only if we try.