pedagogical principles in teaching songs and poetry
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Interests: pupils' interests, experiences, enjoymentTRANSCRIPT
INTERESTAmirah Athirah Mohd Alias
OVERVIEW
What should the teachers do?
How? Why?
Relationship – Affective
Filter Hypothesis (Krashen)
Materials/Activities
Interesting – suitable with
students’ interest - grab their attention
- Relate the lesson with past
experiences- Gain new
experiences, generate new
idea- Fun and can give students enjoyment
When Teaching Songs And Poetry In ESL Classroom, Teacher Should Find…
INTEREST
How?• Aesthetic values of the materials – catchy lyrics,
nice music, positive words etc.• Topics/themes should be suitable and interesting
– grab students’ attention.
Animals, colours, environment, ambitions
Politics, war
• Conduct a lot of activities (using song lyrics and poetry).
• For examples:
Finding synonyms and
antonyms
Find new vocabulary
Word search puzzle
Singing/reading aloud
Answering questions orally
or in written work
Complete the lyrics/poems
Why?• Children can focus on doing something about 10-15
minutes only.
• Interesting materials and a variety of activities conducted in class may help teachers to keep students integrated with the lessons.
• Teachers can grab students’ attention during T&L.
• Motivate them to learn more – find the lesson very interesting and fun.
EXPERIENCES
How?
• Teachers should choose materials that enable the students to gain new experiences/relate the lesson with their past experiences.
• Ask the students about their opinion (new).
• Ask them to share their past experiences with the whole class.– What, when, where, who, why, how?
* Ask students - past experience on their birthday
Happy Birthday to Meby Bruce Lansky
Happy birthday to me.
I like what I see!There’s plenty of junk food,and the presents are free!
* Ask students to predict what had happened to the duck/how was the mother’s feeling?
Five Little Ducks
Five little ducksWent out one day
Over the hill and far awayMother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only four little ducks came back.
Why?
• It may help the teachers to create a lively and effective lesson whereby the students can:– build imagination, make prediction– relate to their past experiences (schemata)– develop cognitive and thinking skills
• Teachers can activate interaction with students – create an active T&L session.
ENJOYMENT
How and Why?
• It helps the teachers to create an enjoyable lesson.
• Teachers will be able to help in students develop their imagination and creativity.
• Teachers teach them about self appreciation.
Singing songs or reading poetry together.
Ask students to create their own lyrics, poems.
Ask students to perform their works.
Affective Filter Hypothesis (Krashen)
• Krashen (1982) - for optimal learning to occur, the affective filter must be weak.
• A weak affective filter means that a positive attitude towards learning is present.
• Teachers must provide a positive atmosphere that is conducive to language learning.
• Lo and Li (1998) - songs provide a break from classroom routine, and that learning English through songs develops a non-threatening classroom atmosphere in which the four language skills can be enhanced.
Ability of a teacher to grab students’ attention and interest is very important.