learning & teaching the music of spoken english
DESCRIPTION
Spoken language is like music. Participants learn how to incorporate melody, rhythm and movement into listening-speaking lessons. Activities demonstrated include scaffolding elements of speech, capturing the hidden prosodic elements of stress, intonation, and rhythm, and enabling learners to attain the music of English. Engage your visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities! The slides tell a part of the story. The physical activities during the workshop help you learn by doing. [email protected] www.youtube.com/pronunciationdoctorTRANSCRIPT
Learning & Teaching the Music of Spoken
English
Marsha ChanMission College and Sunburst
Media
Language is like music.
LANGUAGE MUSIC
Syllables Stressed syllables Reduced syllables Rhythm Intonation Thought groups
Beats Long notes Short notes Rhythm Pitch change Phrases
Rhythm & Melody
In teaching language, include melody, rhythm, and movement.
Poems
Slogans
Songs
Physical actions
5
Lead plenty of choral repetition. 50-100 repetitions of a phrase
generate a “feel” for the sound, grammar, meaning and usage
Repetition activates neurophysiological
connections.facilitates automaticity and flexibility.promotes perception of allophonic
boundaries.Practice makes perfect
6
Stand up. Listen. Repeat claps in unison.
For more practice, go to www.youtube.com/user/pronunciationdoctor; within Pronunciation Doctor’s Channel, search on the term “clap”.
7
Clap out the syllables.
Eng•lish in•struc•tor cur•ri•cu•lum lan•guage com•mon com•mu•ni•ty im•por•tant pos•i•tive
hap•py hap•pi•ness li•bra•ry li•bra•ri•an pro•noun•ces pro•nun•ci•a•tion pho•no•lo•gy pho•no•lo•gi•cal
Row Row Row Your Boat
Row, row, row, your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
LONG LONG LONG SHORT LONG
LONG SHORT LONG SHORT L––O––NG
SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT
SHORT SHORT
LONG SHORT LONG SHORT L––O––NG
Row Row Row Your Boat
Row, row, row, your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
For more practice, go to www.youtube.com/user/pronunciationdoctor; within Pronunciation Doctor’s Channel, search on the term “vowel length”.
Intonation: even, rising, falling?
EVEN RISING FALLING
Tonight Tonight Tonight
At ten At ten At ten
For more practice, go to www.youtube.com/user/pronunciationdoctor; within Pronunciation Doctor’s Channel, search on the term “intonation”.
Hearing intonation (pitch change) through popular songs
Rising intonation: the pitch rises on the stressed syllable of the key word in a phrase.
Falling intonation: the pitch falls on the stressed syllable of the key word in a phrase. If
Intonation is difficult for some people to perceive. Phrases from a popular song may help listeners anchor rising vs. falling pitch.
Happy Birthday to You
In the song "Happy Birthday to you" the syllable birth is at a higher pitch than day, so the intonation is falling on the word birthday.
Marsha’s version of Happy Birthday helps learners practice the voiceless TH /θ/ sound.http://youtu.be/CiODBcNo9Cs
Happy Birthday to You
b i r t hday
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
In the song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" both phrases My Country and 'Tis of Thee are rising.
http://youtu.be/zKZg_ZB4SkU
My Country, 'Tis of TheeM y c o u n t r y
‘ T i s o f t h e e
16
Stand up. Listen. Repeat LA-las in unison.
17
Stand up. Listen. Repeat LA-las in unison. LA-la Eng•lish la-LA-la
in•struc•tor la-LA-la-la
cur•ri•cu•lum LA-la lan•guage LA-la com•mon la-LA-la-la
com•mu•ni•ty la-LA-la
im•por•tant LA-la-la pos•i•tive
hap•py hap•pi•ness li•bra•ry li•bra•ri•an pro•noun•ces pro•nun•ci•a•tion pho•no•lo•gy pho•no•lo•gi•cal
“Sing” the dialog.
We’ve met before.
Pardon?
I saw you at CATESOL in two thousand twelve (2012).
Right, we have met. You look familiar, too.
Contact information for Marsha Chan, the Pronunciation Doctor [email protected] www.youtube.com/PronunciationDoctor www.linkedin.com/in/
PronunciationDoctor www.slideshare.net/purplecast www.marshaprofdev.blogspot.com www.sunburstmedia.com/present/
present.html www.missioncollege.edu/depts/esl/
faculty/chan/chan.html
Marsha Chan
Using Video to Flip ESL Speaking, Listening, and Pronunciation Fri 8:30-9:30
Games Employing Movement, Memory, Meaning, Mingling, Monitoring, &Communication Fri 11:00-12:00
What Language Teachers Must Know to Teach Pronunciation Fri 3:30-5:00
Teaching of Pronunciation Interest Group Networking & Business Meeting Fri 5:00-5:45
Learning and Teaching the Music of Spoken English Sat 10:15-11:15
Read, Write, Listen, Speak: Projects for Integrating Language Skills Sat 2:30-3:30
www.youtube.com/PronunciationDoctor
www.linkedin.com/in/PronunciationDoctor
www.slideshare.net/purplecast
www.marshaprofdev.blogspot.com
www.sunburstmedia.com/present/present.html
www.missioncollege.edu/depts/esl/faculty/chan/chan.html
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