September 1, 2005 Song and Music in Language Learning Tim Murphey <[email protected]>
© 2005 Tim Murphey. Feel free to duplicate and distribute this handout for pedagogical purposes. This handout accompanies the presentation “Song and Music in Language Learning,” included in The Best of Tim Murphey, Volume 1 (2 DVD set) available from the
National Foreign Language Resource Center of the University of Hawai‘i. Ordering information at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu
Songs page numbers refer to Murphey (1992) I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living, My baby you’ll be.
(Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch, New York: Firefly 2001)
[SSIMHP: Song stuck in my head phenomena] ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
It’s raining cats and dogs And it’s cold outside. My sunshine Is deep inside.
[encouraging ventriloquation, call and response, imitation] ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
One day I went (p.130) Into the woods, And there I met A great big bear.
[encouraging inner speech] ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
My hat it has three feathers, (p. 131) Three feathers has my hat, And had it not three feathers, It would not be my hat.
[scaffolding songs] ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
Up, down, right, left, front, back, cheek, chin, chest. (p. 122)
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
ONE: TWO: (p. 126) Left…, left…, left, right, left. I left my room in a mess. You’re right! I left my boots on my bed. You’re right! I left my socks in the sink. You’re right! You’re right! You’re right, left, right… TOGETHER: Sing out, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1–2!
[strategies for learning songs] ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
Superhappyoptimisticjoyfulandprodigious 5 Strategies: chunk, back formation, rhythm, song, life
Superhappy optimistic joyfuland prodigious
Superhappy optimistic joyfuland prodigious
**5 Ways to Happiness [TPR Action and Emotional Intelligence] When you want to be happy, there’re (#) things you can do. Smile from ear to ear, Breathe in deep, Look up at the sky, Sing a melody, Dare to show your love
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g w
ritin
g to
oth
er tu
nes
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Writ
e, w
rite,
writ
e it
dow
n,
Set
you
r fee
ling
free,
I m
ake
it up
as
I go
alon
g,
My
pen
is w
ritin
g m
e.
I lik
e yo
ur s
hirt,
I lik
e yo
ur p
ants
, I l
ike
your
sho
es a
nd s
ocks
, I l
ike
the
way
you
do
your
hai
r, Y
ou lo
ok ju
st li
ke a
bea
r. (A
RR
RR
!)
Affi
rmat
ion
Song
s [w
ith s
peed
dic
tatio
ns]
A h
appy
per
son
Sele
cted
bib
liogr
aphy
Kan
el, K
. (19
96).
Teac
hing
with
mus
ic: S
ong-
base
d ta
sks
in th
e E
FL C
lass
room
. In
S. F
otos
(e
d.) M
ultim
edia
Lan
guag
e Te
achi
ng (p
p. 1
14–1
48).
Toky
o &
San
Fra
ncis
co:
Logo
s In
tern
atio
nal.
M
urph
ey, T
. (l9
85).
ES
P fo
r you
th: T
each
ing
for p
eak
rele
vanc
e us
ing
inte
rnat
iona
l pop
mus
ic.
TES
OL
New
slet
ter (
12),
13. (
US
A)
Mur
phey
, T. (
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, Oct
ober
). E
nglis
h th
roug
h m
usic
: A s
helte
red
subj
ect m
atte
r cou
rse.
CIL
A
Bul
letin
, 95–
100.
(Sw
itzer
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urph
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88, S
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sing
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vid
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in c
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ract
ical
Eng
lish
Teac
hing
, 24–
27.
(GB
) M
urph
ey, T
. (l9
89a)
. The
Whe
n, W
here
, and
Who
of p
op ly
rics:
The
list
ener
’s p
rero
gativ
e.
Pop
ular
Mus
ic 8
(2),
163–
170.
(GB
) M
urph
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. (l9
89b)
. The
top
40 fo
r tea
cher
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he L
angu
age
Teac
her (
13)5
: 3–6
. (Ja
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urph
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g an
d M
usic
in L
angu
age
Lear
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Ana
lysi
s of
Pop
Lyr
ics
and
the
Use
of M
usic
and
Son
g in
Tea
chin
g E
nglis
h as
a F
orei
gn L
angu
age
[PhD
di
sser
tatio
n]. B
ern,
Sw
itzer
land
: Pet
er L
ang
Pub
lishe
rs.
Mur
phey
, T. (
1990
b). T
he s
ong
stuc
k in
my
head
: A m
elod
ic d
in in
the
LAD
? S
yste
m 1
8(1)
, 53–
64. (
GB
) M
urph
ey, T
. (19
92).
Mus
ic a
nd S
ong.
Oxf
ord:
Oxf
ord
Uni
vers
ity P
ress
. (G
B)
Mur
phey
, T. (
1995
a). T
wel
ve w
ays
to b
lissn
ess.
Mod
ern
Eng
lish
Teac
her (
4)1,
42–
43.
Mur
phey
, T. (
1995
b). 幸せになりたいときは
[Tw
elve
way
s to
blis
snes
s]. T
he L
angu
age
Teac
her 1
9(9)
, 54–
55. (
Japa
n)
Mur
phey
, T.,
& A
lber
t, J.
(198
5). A
pop
son
g re
gist
er: T
he m
othe
rese
of a
dole
scen
ce a
s af
fect
ive
fore
igne
r tal
k. T
ES
OL
Qua
rterly
12,
793
–795
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SA
) M
urph
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., &
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ton,
T. (
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). M
usic
and
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anes
e in
har
mon
y in
an
Aus
tralia
n el
emen
tary
sc
hool
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h in
pro
gres
s. A
cade
mia
61
71–8
1. (N
anza
n U
nive
rsity
, Jap
an)