MUSIC



===Music is a fun way to keep learning interesting and up beat. Music is the easiest thing to memorize. For an ESL student, music can be a great help in memorizing or learning new material. The music can be stuck in their head and so can the lyrics which are educational. I chose to create two music activities because music is a universal way of communication. All around the world there are people listening to music no matter the language. In the middle east, they listen to english music as if they know the meaning of the lyrics. In America, non-spanish speaking students are listening to foreign music such as latino music but don't even know what they are listening to. I am one of those people that can sing a spanish song and not know a single word I just said. But with music in education to go along with any topic, it can help a child pronunciate better and understand what they are saying.===

=**__Take Me To Your Heart__**= For this first activity we are going to be using the song Take Me to your Heart by Michael Learns. In this activity there will be blanks in the lyrics, in which the student will fill in the correct adjective or vocal word. The next worksheet will contain vocabulary, opposites, meanings and expressions. This is a cool thing to listen to and learn new words as well as what the words are and mean. Attached are the worksheets and heres the website to check out more exciting songs to practice with! //http://ww.esl-galaxy.com/music.htm//

=__**Songs!**__= Another excellent activity to use with music in the classroom, is by having students listen to a song. After carefully listening to the words, the students will be assigned a packet what will consist of filling in the blanks, sequence, verb tense, pronunciation, and fact and opinion. This is a very awesome way to help pronouncing words right through the song. The student can hear the song over and over. It helps sequencing by knowing what comes first, middle, and last. This activity can be done individually, with partners or all together as a class. //http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/ifiwereaboy.htm//

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