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Music and Language
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We don’t have to forget that, in this case, music is a tool, therefore, music has to be used as a tool, and we don’t have to transform an English lesson into a music lesson. We should be teachers through music not music teachers, and that means that we must use music in a transversal way.
Folk songs
Folk music in particular should be considered worthwhile for emulation because it always matches the prosody of the language. In order to experience a culture's unique heritage and identity in depth, one must not merely read about them or look at pictures. It is best to follow members to ritualized, symbolic places in music, costume, dance, and song. This type of immersive environment is very healthy for language learning (Stansell, 2005).
If you need some materials or if you want to get some ideas in order to use musical activities in your English lessons, here you have some webs that include folk songs to practice grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and English prosody. Click the logo to get accessed to the desired page.
Folk songs activities
FOLK MUSIC TEACHER RESOURCES
Lesson Planet
Find 209 Folk Music educational ideas and activities.
ATTT Activities
Folk DC Music and Languages.
These are a wide range of activities, based on the folk songs. They have been piloted in schools acrossEurope.
Folk songs lists
FOLK SONGS. AMERICAN AND MULTICULTURAL FOLK SONG LYRICS
Songs for teaching
We are fortunate to have a rich heritage of folk music to use in our teaching. Here are but a few of the folk songs that children love.
SONGS OF ENGLAND
Musicanet
Ballads, Cavalier Ballads, Ditties, Folksongs, Hymns and Jigs of England
FOLK MUSIC FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES AND AMERICA
Lesley Nelson-Burns
Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information and Historybehind the folksongs and ballads.
TEACHING FOLK SONG
English Folk Dance and Song Society
Here you can find English folk songs, learn how to sign them, and have fun with them. It also includes teachers’ notes as a guide.
LEARN SONGS
Charles Kelly
Learn to sing folk songs, campfire songs and group-singing songs that native English speakers sing.
FOLKSONGS
Anderer Länder
Just a few songs out of the big Folksongs index.
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English Folk Dance and Song Society
