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Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Asking learners to unjumble first help them use what they already know about sentence structure and then put that knowledge to the test. Songs sometimes play around with grammar in unusual ways and they can also learn about being creative with language from this. This is also a good way of introducing songs as a certain genre different from other genres. This kind of activity is suitable for most songs that make use of straightforward sentence structure. It is also suitable for all levels depending on the complexity of sentence structure. Variation to Songs as the Main Activities Prediction Next Verse. In predicting task, you can start by predicting the next verse without any clue at all. Another variation is you provide half of the sentence in each line and ask the students to predict the half sentences. After that you can ask them to listen and check their answer. Prediction helps learners focus on meaning and gives them a reason of their own to listen. Suitable songs would need to have some kind of story in them, so that students can predict based on the story. This kind of task, however, is probably not suitable for very low level students as it can involve some complex language–but again it depends on the song. Matching. Sentence matching works well for the sentences containing collocation e.g. meet a man, keep an appointment. It also helps learners focus on meaning and the sentence haves need to make sense when matched. After you finish with the activities, you may need to sing the song along with your students. Some learners really enjoy singing along and can’t wait to do this. Others keep their mouths firmly closed. It’s a great opportunity for the learners to practice saying the words and can help them memorize new phrases. Don’t push unwilling singers to sing. Being a brave singer yourself will encourage the shy and embarrassed students. Why ask learners to unjumble first? What kind of song is this task suitable for? What level is it suitable for? digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id 84 Download 1.05 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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