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Purposes of Using Songs and Poetry in the Malaysian Primary School

Group 4(PISMP/Tesl 2/Sem 3) Cheong Zi Hoong Constance chee Harzuwani binti wahab Hong Yin Yin Lee Li Wen Norafidah binti jasman

Purposes of Using Songs and Poetry in the Malaysian Primary School

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: Linguistic Development.

Develop phonemic awareness (ability to blend and segment the sounds) in identify rhyming words and spell words Song and poetry helps children pay attention to the sounds & patterns of language

Purposes of Using Songs and Poetry in the Malaysian Primary School

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: Linguistic Development.
Using rhythm to emphasize on specific words

Encourage students to expand their vocabularies Allow students to develop speech fluency

Repetition of words, phrases or line in songs & poetry

Help students to improve their pronunciation

Purposes of Using Songs and Poetry in the Malaysian Primary School

LGA 3102

: Linguistic Development.

Using songs and poetry help student improve their writing abilities.

Improve students reading skills

How to use songs and poetry to improve linguistic development of students?

Listening to poetry / song
Read aloud the poetry follow the rhythm several times and have the student recite the poem

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Sing / play the suitable song for students to listen and engage students in singing

How to use songs and poetry to improve linguistic development of students?

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Encourage physical response from students

Asked students to do the action in the song

Let students to move when teacher slowly read a poem aloud

How to use songs and poetry to improve linguistic development of students?

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Choose a poem that is interesting and simple to memorize

Select poem that use refrain for children to memorize

Guide the students so that they can recite the poem with fluency

How to use songs and poetry to improve linguistic development of students?

Learning to Write Poetry

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Teachers often start the writing of poetry as a collaborative effort.

Teachers can encourage children to model the works of professional poets

The class brainstorms for ideas and then composes the poem in groups or pairs.

Imitation of a whole poem or of specific techniques

Strategies to promote language development

Activity: Vocabulary Development Using Song Objective: Improve vocabulary through lyrics. Students level: year 1 Resources: 1. A song which you wish to teach them. 2. A list of your own simple definitions which are age appropriate.

Procedure:
Select songs which have words which you want them to learn. Introduce the lesson as an easy and enjoyable way to learn new words. Play the song for student to listen Let the children sing one song. Say one of the words which you want to teach.
As you ask for a word's meaning, give clues. When you define a word, be sure they understand the words in the definition.

Keep the fun flowing.

Teach a few words at a time. Sing, teach, and sing some more. Ask for word meanings

Create simple definition of each word which you want to teach.

Define each word consistently with its usage in the song. When you write your definitions, use a dictionary to help you give children a clear understanding of the way the word is used in the song.

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