THE INSTRUCTION OF SONGS AND CHANTS

IN THE EFL CLASSROOMTeam Members:

Mia Lin, Ninalynn Chang, Ingrid Huang, Welien Hu, Ellie Chang, Huiling Lin, Dora Hu, Alice Tseng, Charlene Tseng

INTRODUCTION

Why

What

How

Who Wher

e When

WHYAffective reasons

Social reasons

Cognitive reasons

Linguistic reasons

Cultural reasons

WHYGrade 1 – 9 Competence Indicators

1-1-10 能聽懂簡易歌謠和韻文的主要內容。2-1-10 能朗讀和吟唱歌謠韻文。3-1-4 能辨識歌謠、韻文、故事中的常用字詞。1-2-1 能瞭解簡易歌謠、韻文的節奏、音韻與內容。

• They sound great to mothers and school managers listening outside your classroom door 

• They can be performed during end of year shows, parties or competition.

• They are the best way of marking different stages of the lesson

• They provide an easy way of changing the pace

• They provide an achievable challenge for all levels of learner in mixed ability classes

OTHER REASONS

WHAT Pop

songs Chants Nursery

RhymesLearning Songs

Jingles Silly Songs

Folk Songs Tongue Twisters

Holiday Songs

Text booksongs

Commercials

Rewriting

Songs

WHAT What you want to teach!Alphabet & Letter sounds Vocabulary Sentence Pattern Holiday Dialogue

HOW How to organize your songs and chantsThem

eNumber

Colors

Alphabet

LevelLow

gradersMiddle graders

High graders

Textbook

Kid castle

Longman

Hess

Artist

Dream English

Patty Shukla

Charlotte Diamond

HOW How to choose songs and chants

HOW How to design activitiesListeningSpeakingReadingWriting

TPRPresentati

onGame CraftWork sheet

Song booketc.

ACTIVITIESClap/pat/circle/count the key words

Challenge (Listen and sing right away)

Cloze

Adapt/change lyrics

TPR Competition

Show time Games (musical chair, pass the ball)

Word finding

Listen and number Choral/echo/relay /round singing

Worksheet

Unscramble the lyrics

Timer Background music

Song book Read out lyrics Sign language

實務分享Practical Experience Sharing

USEFUL RESOURCES• Dream English• Patty Shukla• Charlotte Diamond• HarryKindergarten• The learning station• Nancy Stewart• Maple leaf learning• TinyGrads• Bearfoot books• Cookie monster• Gigglebellies

• Greg and Steve• Super simple songs• Mother goose rocks• Raffi• Fluency MC• Genki English• Have fun teaching• KidsTV123• ….and more• Everybody up• Wee sing

Love what you teach and teach what you love.

CONCLUSION