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Using Pop Music To Enhance Language Learning
Presented By Fergal Kavanagh
Session Details
One of the best ways to involve students in the learning process is to use pop music. This powerful and motivating teaching tool engages the student emotionally, helping to fix vocabulary and structures into long-term memory. Practical examples will be included to show how songs can best be exploited in the language classroom .
About Fergal Kavanagh
Fergal Kavanagh is both a Teacher Trainer and a one-time Radio DJ. Through his website www.tuneintoenglish.com he promotes the use of pop music as a langauge learning tool. With his touring Roadshow he encourages tens of thousands of students every year to listen to the language used in songs. He has taught in the Scuola Superiore and at the British Council and the University "L'Orientale" in Napoli, and has co-written a course for Italy's Scuola Superiore di Primo Grado. He has conducted teacher trainer sessions throughout Italy, as well as in Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Ireland.
Support Material
Terrific! Thank you very much
Terrific! Thank you very much for the session, I love singing myself and was thinking about having no chance to use music in my classess.
Olga, Thank you for this - I
Olga,
Thank you for this - I am glad you enjoyed the session. I hope www.tuneintoenglish.com helps you in your classes.
Best wishes,
Fergal
The project is perfect! I
The project is perfect! I like singing songs with my students. Thank you for this resource. The students all over the world listen to pop music, try to sing it and to undersand what it is about. And songs really help to fix and enrich the vocabulary.
Thank you for this - if you
Thank you for this - if you send an email to info@tuneintoenglish.com, I will add you to my mailing list for the monthly newsletter. I look forward to seeing you at the Conference! F
Exellent idea, Fergal! I've
Exellent idea, Fergal! I've also tried to something similar to yours. It was more or less successful. I frequently refer my Ss to song lines to help them better memorise some material. I've just been to the websight. What you've done is really incredible!
I have a question: How do you choose songs? What are the criteria?
Thanks,
Tori
Tori, Thank you for this.
Tori,
Thank you for this. The songs I use in my presentations are chosen for both their popularity and didactic qualities, while the worksheets on the website are submitted by teachers - perhaps you would like to become a contributor?
I look forward to seeing you at the conference, best wishes,
Fergal