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The UK’s European university Using popular Songs in the Second Language Classroom / Ways to exploit them Listening skills and Verbal Memory

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The UK’s European university

Using popular Songs in the Second Language Classroom / Ways to exploit themListening skills and Verbal Memory

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Overview

• Uses for Popular songs

• Exploiting them for:

• listening skills

• verbal memory

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What other uses could popular songs have in the second language classroom?

• Classroom atmosphere

• Language input

• Cultural input

• Song as text

• Songs as supplements

• Teaching conversation

• Teaching vocabulary/grammar/phonology

• Teaching and verbal memory

• Student interest

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Listening Skills

Hedge (2000, p.247-252) lists the following activities within a listening lesson:

• Pre – listening (lead-in / prediction)

• While – listening (skim / scan / detail)

• Post – listening (skills extension)

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Pre Listening While Listening Post Listening

1 (Lower level)3 (Higher level)4 (Both)11 (Both)

2 (Lower)5 (Both)12 (Both)14 (Both)16 (Both)17 (Both)19 (Both)20 (Both)

6 (Both)7 (Both/Lower)8 (Higher)9 (Higher)10 (Higher)18 (Higher)

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Verbal Memory

• Aids retention of grammar and lexis

• Important tool for phonological language learning

• Guidelines on gap selection are necessary

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Reading:

Coleman, R. (2014) Exploratory Practice: Researching the impact of songs on EFL learners’ verbal memory. Journal of Second Language Teaching and Research. 3 (1) pp.53-70

http://pops.uclan.ac.uk/index.php/jsltr/article/view/236

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THE UK’S EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

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