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speabodymn

Using Music in the Foreign Language Classroom | GradHacker - 11 views

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  • By Natascha Chtena November 22, 2015 5 Comments   .blog-spacer { display: none; } @media (max-width: 420px) { .blog-spacer { display: block; height:1px; clear:both; } }   googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-story_level_pages"); }); Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena.       One of the challenges I face teaching a daily language class is finding novel and creative ways to maintain student interest throughout my lessons. One of my favorite teaching “tricks” is using music to motivate learning, improve concentration, create a sense of community and help my students absorb material.   Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher. It has a
  • The key is to not be too ambitious (unless of course you are teaching a language AND culture class) and to set realistic goals: one song one major point! I usually keep it to seven minutes max, which includes a song, a very short “lecture” and some time for student questions at the end.
  • where I asked students to compile a short (German) playlist that describes their personality, explaining what it is about each song that speaks to them and/or that they identify with.
    • murasimo
      murasimo on 27 Jul 17
       
      I would like to try this activity.
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  • By Natascha Chtena November 22, 2015 5 Comments   .blog-spacer { display: none; } @media (max-width: 420px) { .blog-spacer { display: block; height:1px; clear:both; } }   googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-story_level_pages"); }); Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena.       One of the challenges I face teaching a daily language class is finding novel and creative ways to maintain student interest throughout my lessons. One of my favorite teaching “tricks” is using music to motivate learning, improve concentration, create a sense of community and help my students absorb material.   Mus
  • Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher. It has a way of capturing everything about a culture, its people and their language and it can inspire interest in a subject matter when other methods have failed. Not to mention that students love it and benefit from it intellectually and emotionally (even when they find your music taste questionable).
    • murasimo
      murasimo on 27 Jul 17
       
      I use songs all the time and students love it. it is useful for grammar, vocabulary and culture. most of the time students start following on youtube the singer and present to class new songs from the same singer.
    • heidikreutzer
      heidikreutzer on 29 Jul 17
       
      My students (college level) really enjoy any music I bring into the classroom. Usually, I use it because it fits a grammar or vocabulary theme. I'd love to expand my use of music with my students.
    • vivianfranco
      vivianfranco on 30 Jul 17
       
      My students also love to listen to songs in the target language. As you said, it is useful to work not only the language (grammar aspect) but also the cultural part. In my classes, I try to play 1 minute of music in Spanish before starting the class. They really enjoy it and even bring me more songs suggestions in the target language to play the next day.
    • pludek
      pludek on 30 Jul 17
       
      I like the idea of keeping the song length to a minimum. Sometimes the students get off task, especially if they don't like the song. Thanks for the idea! I love it when they tell me they've added the song to their own playlists!
    • speabodymn
      speabodymn on 30 Jul 17
       
      As a German instructor, I find music also is a great way to bring more traditional texts to life--lots of poems become more exciting to students when combined with a setting by Schubert or Strauss (for example), even if the student isn't initially interested in either poetry or classical music. (I have a video of Schubert/Goethe's "Erlkönig" that adds another dimension through a sort of cartoon horror-story video--so it's text plus music plus visuals.) With this much to discuss, it can easily fill half of a class session or provide the basis for a larger project. Still, I also like the shorter use of music as a way to add energy to many different topics without taking over the lesson.
  • murasimo on 27 Jul 17
     
    "Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher."
  • Ergan Xu on 31 Jul 17
     
    This sounds fun! I would love to try it next year!
Marlene Johnshoy

Internet Tricks And Tips From Reddit - Business Insider - 0 views

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block translate firewall solution

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 24 Apr 13
     
    Get around firewalls by using Google Translate - does this really work?  Those of you who have blocked access to YouTube movies at school - let us know!
senora heebsh

100+ Free Tools For You To Access Blocked Sites - 1 views

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  • senora heebsh on 30 Jul 11
     
    I haven't tried them, but it seems worth investigating if they ever decide to block twitter at school!
Marlene Johnshoy

47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom - 1 views

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youtube alternative

shared by Marlene Johnshoy on 02 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Marlene Johnshoy on 02 Sep 10
     
    For those of you who have YouTube blocked in your schools
Marlene Johnshoy

Gary's Social Media Count - 0 views

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 15 Oct 10
     
    I'm not sure whether to be impressed, scared, blown-away - what?? Be sure to click the different buttons in the top right of the stats block.
Martha Borden

Pleased to Tweet You: Making a case for Twitter in the classroom - 2 views

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    • senora heebsh
      senora heebsh on 14 Jul 11
       
      Good example of how an educator used twitter to chat with an author. Also detailed her proposal to admin to override the twitter block. Great if your school blocks twitter.
    • Kim Fynboh
      Kim Fynboh on 15 Jul 11
       
      Great article! I like the sample proposal that they give.
    • Martha Borden
      Martha Borden on 19 Jul 11
       
      I wonder how she did this? I think this would be of high interest for my world geography teachers. Would certainly add a new dimension to reporting out on current events in different parts of the world.
  • Teachers and librarians are finding Twitter’s great for research, too. Karen Burns, a librarian at Gig Harbor High School in Washington state, created a Twitter search widget for current events in Africa to help ninth graders with their research projects.
Marcie Pratt

Ten Fun Ways to Use YouTube Videos in an Online Literature Class | Faculty Focus - 4 views

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    • Marcie Pratt
      Marcie Pratt on 29 Jul 13
       
      great ideas to help more advanced students.
  • Isolde Mueller on 29 Jul 12
     
    Good ideas, more so on how to add different sources to readings, then on implementing them in class.
  • Marisa Blachy on 30 Jul 12
     
    These are great! I wish that we were allowed to use youtube in our courses. I guess that before using this tool you would have to make sure that youtube would be allowed in your school. Some sites such as this and vimeo are blocked.
Isolde Mueller

Wallwisher in the Classroom - 0 views

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    • Isolde Mueller
      Isolde Mueller on 05 Aug 12
       
      Because students do not have to sign in to post on the wall, Wallwisher could also be a quick and effective opinion survey tool or assessment tool
  • Isolde Mueller on 05 Aug 12
     
    More ideas on how to use Wallwisher. I highlighted some of my favorites.
anonymous

Questioning Facebook in School | MindShift - 0 views

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facebook socialnetworking education web2.0

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  • anonymous on 10 Aug 11
     
    Facebook is blocked at my school, and an educator there (not me, thank heavens) just had their (sorry about this pronoun) FB page hacked w/a very graphic sex video seen by all the kids and parents who were person's friend, but nonetheless there are reasons to use it with students.
Francisco Dumanig

Dealing with Cyberbullying in Schools: How to Respond - 0 views

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shared by Francisco Dumanig on 21 Jul 20 - No Cached
  • As a teacher or school staff member, there are things you can do in the battle against online bullying. Support: Provide the person being bullied with support and reassurance. Tell them that they did the right thing by telling. Encourage the child to get help from parents, the school counsellor, principal or teachers. Ensure they know that there is support there for them Evidence: Help the child keep relevant evidence for investigations. This can be done by taking screenshots or printing web pages. Do not allow the deletion of phone messages Inform: Give the child advice for making sure it does not happen again. This can include changing passwords, contact details, blocking profiles on social networking sites or reporting abuse online No Retaliation: Ensure that the young person does not retaliate or reply to the messages Privacy: Encourage the child to keep personal information private on the internet Investigation: The cyberbullying claim needs to be investigated fully. If the perpetrator is known, ask them to remove offending remarks or posts. All records should be kept as part of the investigation. Report: Abuse on social networking sites or through text messaging needs to be reported to the websites and mobile phone service providers Guidelines: Your school will have a number of policy documents which you can refer to. These include the Acceptable Use Policy, Anti-bullying policies and Behaviour and Disciplinary Policies
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