Usıng Songs ın language

teachıng

ELT 301

Serenay Koyuncuoğlu-Seray Koyuncuoğlu-Aybüke İpek

USING SONGS IN THE CLASSROOM

Songs as Pedagogical Tools

Songs can help young learners

improve their listening skills
and pronunciation, therefore
potentially helping them to
improve their speaking skills.

Songs can also be useful tools

in the learning of sentence
structures and sentence
patterns.
USING SONGS IN THE CLASSROOM
Songs as Enjoyment Tool
First, songs can bring variety to the
everyday classroom routine. This
variety stimulates interest and
attention, which can help maintain
classroom motivation

Secondly, songs can help to create

a relaxed and informal atmosphere
that makes the classroom a non-
threatening environment. Also,
songs can help increase students'
interest and motivate them to learn
the target language.
USING SONGS IN THE CLASSROOM

Songs as Culture Supporter

Songs can also give

learners the opportunity to
acquire a better
understanding of the
culture of the target
language.
 Advantages of using
songs in EFL classes

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 Disadvantages of using
songs in EFL classes

1- Ungrammatical
lyrics 2- The teacher
“Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber can lose control 3- Repetition
My mama don’t like you and
she likes everyone
of the class . makes the song
boring and useless
with the limited
vocabulary.
 Kindergarten
ABC
PHONICS
SONG
Variation 1
Get students to listen to the song and
watch the video. Tell them to spy on the
letters within the flashcards.

Variation 2
Get students to listen to the given
sentences and tell them to name the
letters that make the sound they
hear most.


SPYING
ACTIVITY
 Primary RAINBOW
School
SONG
Variation 1
Lay out colored paper in front of your
students in the order of the song, and get
them to raise each color up as the song is
played.

Variation 2
Lay out colored paper in random order
and get the students to arrange them in
the order of the song.

Final- Hand out a coloring activity

COLORING
ACTIVITY
 Middle FILL IN THE GAP
School ACTIVITY

Give students to the handouts

and get students to listen to the
song.
Tell them that they should do
activities while they are listening
to the song.
After they do the during-listening
activities, get students to
understand the lyrics with the
comprehension questions.
FILL IN THE GAP -
PUZZLE ACTIVITY
THANK
YOU!