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                           TEACHING ENGLISH USING SONG

By: Peter Chan

Boring, unmotivated, frustrated and even sleepy are the most common problems that happen when we teach our students. Yet, at the same time we need them to get interested in English learning. So, rather than being frustrated with our boring teaching method, today I’m going to share you one of the most powerful tool to kill those evils that prevent us to motivate our students in learning English. Now please figure it out what is that powerful tool. Please listen carefully.  [Alphabet rap song]....

Are you having fun? Yeah, thanks for that. So, it was a rap song of one YouTube channels called Fluency MC, by using that rap song we can teach English alphabet and also some vocabulary in a fun way.

Alright, now I’m getting serious. Listen carefully; there are three main benefits of using song for English teaching.

1.      Improving Listening skill

Purcell (1992) states that students can become bored by repeatedly listening to a

Narration or dialog as they attempt to understand the meaning of new words or phrases in

Context. In contrast, listening to a song over and over again can seem less monotonous

Because of the rhythm and melody. We often feel bored when listen to monotonous listening but we can solve this by using song.

2.      Improving pronunciation

Moriya (1988) emphasizes the value of using songs for pronunciation practice with Asian

Learners of English due to the phonemic differences between Asian languages and English.

For example, there are several problematic areas for Japanese students learning English. It’s absolutely true that between English and bahasa has different sound. But we still can pronounce English word as similar as possible toward English sounds, but what about Japanese or Javanese medok. I have a lecture and his accent is very good and it would be better if he did not say anything. Lol.... he said, today I want to talk abot...bla, bla, bla....but, by using song we can improve our pronunciation becomes similar to American or British or Australian accent.

3.      Improving vocabulary

 Songs can provide the opportunity for vocabulary practice. Moreover, we can teach vocabulary in a fun way but not only that ladies and gentleman, song is extremely good for long term memory. It means, once the students have mastered the song they will remember it for a long time. For example this song:

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 2 X. This is so fun for kids and they will learn faster as well.

In conclusion, Songs can help young learners to improve their listening skills and

Pronunciation, therefore potentially helping them to improve their speaking skills (Murphey, 1992). And the most important one, we teach them in a fun way for a long term memory. So, if you feel that your teaching method is old-fashioned and so boring why don’t you try this very powerful method?

Alright, thank you very much to appreciate; I do hope this method would be great. Wassalamualaikum and good morning.

Source: http://camtesol.org/