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Surviving Through Song – Words of Wisdom for TEFL Teachers
Neil [email protected]
Anglo ConferenceMontevideo, 19/8/12
Song ideas to help you survive
Words of wisdom for teachers
Observation ideas to help you
reflect
Surviving through song
Surviving through song
The sixtiesThe sixties
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
For studentsFor students
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Lead-in
What’s the best / worst party you’ve ever been to?
Whose party was it?
What was the celebration?
Where was it held?
Who was there?
What happened at the party?
Why was it good / bad?
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Detailed task
1. Who knows where Johnny is?
2. Who left the party with Johnny?
3. Who is Johnny?
4. What is the singer doing?
5. Is she happy?
6. What surprise does she get at the end of the
song?
Gist taskWhy does she want to cry?
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Playin' my records, keep dancin' all nightLeave me alone for a while'Till Johnny's dancin' with meI've got no reason to smile
Judy and Johnny just walked through the doorLike a queen with her kingOh what a birthday surpriseJudy's wearin' his ring
Nobody knows where my Johnny has goneJudy left the same timeWhy was he holding her handWhen he's supposed to be mine
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want toCry if I want to, cry if I want toYou would cry too if it happened to you
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Language focus
1 I'll cry if I want to a b
2 You would cry too if it happened to you c d
Is she singing about the present or the past?
Which sentence is about the real world (real)? 1 / 2 Which sentence is about an imagined world (unreal)? 1 / 2
presentpresent
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It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
1 I'll cry if I want to a b
2 You would cry too if it happened to you c d
Which phrases express conditions? a & c / b & d Which phrases express results? a & c / b & d In real present conditions we use
if + present / if + past In unreal present conditions we use
if + present / if + past
b & db & d
a & ca & c
if + presentif + present
if + pastif + past
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
1 I'll cry if I want to a b
2 You would cry too if it happened to you c d
In real results we use present modals / past modals
In unreal results we use present modals / past modals Can the condition come before the result? yes / no
present modalspresent modals
past modalspast modals
yesyes
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Controlled Practice Complete the sentences in a fun way:
1. It’s my __________ and I _____ __________ if I want to.
2. It’s his __________ and he _____ __________ if he wants to.
3. If she wants to, she _____ __________ .
4. If they __________ , they _____ __________ .
5. We _____ __________ if we __________ . Compare your sentences with your partner. Who do you think are the he, she, they and we of your partner?
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Freer practice What ‘conditions’ are you ‘under’ at the moment?
E.g. I have to go straight home from class tonight.
I have to go to work tomorrow.
I have to go to a wedding next Saturday.
I want to watch the game tomorrow.
I want to have pasta for dinner tonight.
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Discuss with your partner what results will/would happen if these conditions don’t / didn’t take place.
E.g. If I didn’t go straight home tonight, my wife would kill me.
If I didn’t go to work tomorrow, I would have to get a doctor’s certificate.
If I didn’t go to the wedding on Saturday, my best friend would never talk to me again. If I don’t watch the game tomorrow, I’ll see the
highlights on the news. If we don’t have pasta for dinner tonight, maybe
we’ll have a pizza.
Do you agree your partner has chosen the correct un/real conditions and results?
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
For teachersFor teachers
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Playin' my records, keep dancin' all nightLeave me alone for a while'Till Johnny's dancin' with meI've got no reason to smile
Judy and Johnny just walked through the doorLike a queen with her kingOh what a birthday surpriseJudy's wearin' his ring
Nobody knows where my Johnny has goneJudy left the same timeWhy was he holding her handWhen he's supposed to be mine
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want toCry if I want to, cry if I want toYou would cry too if it happened to you
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
So what does Lesley have to say to us? So what does Lesley have to say to us?
It’s not your party! It’s not your party! No crying!No crying!
• Put the students first, don’t talk about or plan ‘your’
lesson, plan theirs!
• Do what the students want to do and need to do
• Listen carefully to what your students are saying
• Always be in a good mood
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
For observationFor observation
Errors and correction
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Surviving through song
The seventiesThe seventies
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
For studentsFor students
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
Lead in
What’s your favourite day of the week?
What do you usually do that day?
What do you eat? When? Where?
Who do you spend it with?
What’s your least favourite day of the week?
What do you usually do that day?
What do you eat? When? Where?
Who do you spend it with?
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
Detailed task Why do you think she doesn’t like Mondays? Quote the text three times in your answer. What story does the song tell?
Gist task Who doesn’t like Mondays? Why not?
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown RatsThe silicon chip inside her headGets switched to overloadAnd nobody's gonna go to school todayShe's going to make them stay at homeAnd daddy doesn't understand itHe always said she was as good as goldAnd he can see no reasonCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shown
Tell me why I don't like Mondays...I want to shoot the whole day down
The Telex machine is kept so cleanAs it types to a waiting worldAnd Mother feels so shockedFather's world is rockedAnd their thoughts turn to their own little girlSweet 16 ain't that peachy keenNo, it ain't so neat to admit defeatThey can see no reasonsCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shown
Tell me why I don't like Mondays...I want to shoot the whole day down
And all the playing's stopped in the playground nowShe wants to play with her toys a whileAnd school's out early and soon we'll be learningAnd the lesson today is how to dieAnd then the bullhorn crackles and the captain cracklesWith the problems and the how's and why'sAnd he can see no reasonsCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to die
The silicon chip inside her headGets switched to overloadAnd nobody's gonna go to school todayShe's going to make them stay at homeAnd daddy doesn't understand itHe always said she was as good as goldAnd he can see no reasonCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shown
Tell me why I don't like Mondays...I want to shoot the whole day down
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
Webquest presentations Find out as much as you can about your topic and then prepare a three minute presentation for the rest of the class Group A - Bob Geldof Group B – The Boomtown Rats Group C – I don’t like Mondays Start with Wikipedia in English!
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
For teachersFor teachers
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
So what does Bob have to say to us? So what does Bob have to say to us?
Like Monday! Like Monday! Stay fresh! Stay fresh! Be efficient! Be efficient!
• Put your life before your teaching (be happy!)
• Limit your lesson planning (schedule it)
• Borrow, copy, steal and share (local and global)
• Structure your marking (use writing portfolio)
• Think about Monday on Monday, not Sunday!
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
For observationFor observation
I don’t like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
Critical moments
Surviving through song
The eightiesThe eighties
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
For studentsFor students
Just Like Heaven – The Cure"Show me how you do that thing The one that makes me dream" she said "The one that makes me ask" she said And threw her arms around my neck "Show me how you do it And I promise you I promise that I'll spend a day with you I'll spend a day with you" Spinning on that silly bed I missed the place and missed the bed And screamed of all the different days I had To make her know "Where are you on father’s day?" she said "Why won't you ever go one time in Liverpool That I'm in Liverpool"
You, soft and only You, often lonely You, strangers and girls Dancing in the deep sea oceans Wishing for a daughter You're just like a dream Daylight hit me into shape I must have been a sheep agraze I moved my lips to breathe her name I opened up my eyes And found my shelf at home at home At home upon a raging seatThat stole the lonely girl I loved And drowned her sleep inside of me You, soft and only You, often lonely You, dressed like heaven
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
For teachersFor teachers
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
"Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream“ she said
"The one that makes me laugh“ she said
And threw her arms around my neck
"Show me how you do it And I promise you, I promise that I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had to make her glow
"Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you“
You, soft and only,
You, lost and lonely
You, strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water You're just like a dream
Daylight licked me into shape I must have been asleep for days And moving lips to breathe her name I opened up my eyes And found myself alone alone Alone above a raging sea That stole the only girl I loved And drowned her deep inside of me You, soft and only You, lost and lonely You, just like heaven
So what does Robert have to say to us? So what does Robert have to say to us?
Show me!Show me! Get proof!Get proof! I think...I think...
• elicit instructions to obvious tasks
• do student-centred examples
• check meaning precisely (CCQs/pictures/realia)
• ask students give reasons for answers in feedback
(why)
• get students to repeat corrected language accurately
• look for evidence in your lessons when reflecting on
them
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
For observationFor observation
On the podium
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Surviving through song
The ninetiesThe nineties
For studentsFor students
Wonderwall – Oasis
Wonderwall – Oasis
realiserealise
lightslights
wordword
feelfeel
savesave
howhow
windingwindingdoubtdoubt
heartheart
throwthrow
Wonderwall – Oasis
throw it back
should have realised
the _____ I do
put out __________
hear __________ before
__________ a doubt
__________ roads
blinding __________
Wonderwall – Oasis
throw it back
should have realised
the way I do
put out a fire
hear it all before
have a doubt
winding roads
blinding lights
Wonderwall – Oasis
For teachersFor teachers
Today is gonna be the dayThat they're gonna throw it back to youBy now you should've somehowRealized what you gotta doI don't believe that anybodyFeels the way I do, about you now
Back beat, the word was on the streetThat the fire in your heart is outI'm sure you've heard it all beforeBut you never really had a doubtI don't believe that anybodyFeels the way I do about you now
Wonderwall – Oasis
And all the roads we have to walk are windingAnd all the lights that lead us there are blindingThere are many things that IWould like to say to you but I don't know how
Because maybe, you're gonna be the onethat saves meAnd after all, you're my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the dayBut they'll never throw it back to youBy now you should've somehowRealized what you're not to doI don't believe that anybodyFeels the way I do, about you now And all the roads that lead you there are windingAnd all the lights that light the way are blindingThere are many things that IWould like to say to you but I don't know how
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves meAnd after all, you're my wonderwall
Wonderwall – Oasis
So what do Liam & Noel have to say to us? So what do Liam & Noel have to say to us?
• Try different ways of doing the same activity,
teaching the same language, correcting an error
• Try and match your students to activity types
• Experiment with new ideas, old methods, etc.
• Think critically about everything you do and reflect!
all the roads that lead you there are windingall the roads that lead you there are winding
Wonderwall – Oasis
For observationFor observation
Successful stages
Wonderwall – Oasis
Surviving through song
The noughtiesThe noughties
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
For studentsFor students
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
Lead in
Do you like dancing?
How often do you go dancing?
What are the benefits of dancing?
Do you ever watch dance?
What is your opinion of dance as an art form?
Gist task
When the singer sings ‘you spin me round’ what does he mean?
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
Detailed task What does the listener do to the singer?What does the singer want from the listener?What does the singer know about the listener? What does the singer ask the listener to do?What does the singer warn the listener?
Follow up speaking Could you dance to this song? Do you find it catchy?Would you play it at your birthday / wedding / mum’s birthday / BBQ / nephew’s baptism
You spin me round – Dead or AliveI really _____ this song!
Controlled practice
Describe someone in the class or a famous person to your
partner using the like phrases below.
They have to guess who you’re talking about.
they look / seem / act / think / talk like they’re _____-ing...
they look / seem / act / think / talk like a...
they.......... me like they’re _____-ing...
they.......... me like a...
they’d like to...
they’d like a...
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
For teachersFor teachers
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
Yeah I, I got to know your nameWell and I, could trace your private number baby
All I know is that to meYou look like you're lots of funOpen up your lovin' armsI want some, want some
Well I...I set my sights on you(and no one else will do)And I, I've got to have my way now, baby
All I know is that to meYou look like you're havin' funOpen up your lovin' armsWatch out, here I come
You spin me right round, babyright round like a record, babyRight round round round
I, I got to be your friend now, babyAnd I would like to move inJust a little bit closerI want your love
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
So what does Pete have to say to us? So what does Pete have to say to us?
Keep spinning those cycles!Keep spinning those cycles!
Examples
Checking
Instructions
Instructions
cycles
Instructions
cycles
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
So what does Pete have to say to us? So what does Pete have to say to us?
Keep spinning those cycles!Keep spinning those cycles!
Monitoring
Feedback
Instructions
Activity
cycles
Activity
cycles
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
So what does Pete have to say to us? So what does Pete have to say to us?
Keep spinning those cycles!Keep spinning those cycles!
Whole class feedback on
contentWhole Class
feedback on
language
Pair checking
Feedback
cycles
Feedback
cycles
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
So what does Pete have to say to us? So what does Pete have to say to us?
Keep spinning those cycles!Keep spinning those cycles!
Pronunciation
Form
Meaning
Clarification
cycles
Clarification
cycles
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
So what does Pete have to say to us? So what does Pete have to say to us?
Keep spinning those cycles!Keep spinning those cycles!
PlanTeach
ReflectPlanning
cycles
Planning
cycles
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
For observationFor observation
Going around in circles
You spin me round – Dead or Alive
Surviving through song
The last fifty yearsThe last fifty years
Surviving through song
Words of wisdomWords of wisdom
Surviving through song
Words of wisdomWords of wisdomIt’s not your party! It’s not your party! Enjoy Monday! Enjoy Monday!
Keep spinning those cycles!Keep spinning those cycles!
Show me!Show me!
All the roads that lead us there are winding!All the roads that lead us there are winding!
Let it be!Let it be!
Surviving through Song – Words of wisdom for TEFL TeachersNeil McMahon
IHWO / IH Buenos Aires Teacher Training
All handouts and session slides:
amuseamuses.wordpress.comNeil McMahon
IHWO / IH Buenos Aires Teacher Training