XIV Peru TESOL Listening Interactively to US culture with music Karen Jogan, Ph.D. [email protected]

XIV Peru TESOL

Listening Interactively to US culture with music

Karen Jogan, [email protected]

M. Karen Jogan Ph.D. [email protected] Peru TESOL 2006

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• How can songs enrich lessons in US culture?

• How can song-based cultural lessons be organized for the classroom?

• How can songs be used as culturally based interactive listening texts for EFL?

• What activities can be used?• What resources can be used? Where can

teachers find suggestions for using music to teach US culture?


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Step 1 -- Preview

• Before

–Think about the title.• Let me tell you a little bit about the song.

–What do you think this song is about?–What do you know about this subject?–What would you expect to hear about?


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On Broadway


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Step 2 –Listen to first stanza. Identify the main elements

–What is one thing you heard about?

–What information is in the first stanza?•When•Where•Who


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Step 3 – Identify details

Neon lights 1

magic 2

glitter 3


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Introduce New Vocabulary


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Match the phrase with its definition

• A) Broadway• B) quit• C) rubs off• D) Greyhound• D) dime• F) gives me the

blues• G) shine your

shoes

1. stop2. disappears;

wears away3. Ten cents (US)4. Bus company5. Polish footwear6. Makes me sad7. Street in New

York City


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Slang

• Gonna• ‘cause• ya• Dead wrong• ‘til• Ain’t• Make time

• until• Absolutely incorrect• have not• Going to• Have success• Because• you


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Step 4 -- Organize.

1. The glitter rubs right off and you’re nowhere

2. They say there’s always magic in the air

3. But when you’re walking down the street

4. They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway

5. And you ain’t had enough to eat


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Step 4 -- Organize.

1. ‘Cause how ya gonna make some time

2. But looking at them just gives me the blues

3. And one thin dime won’t even shine your shoes

4. When all you’ve got is one thin dime

5. They say the women treat you fine on Broadway


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Step 4 -- Organize.

1. I’ll catch a Greyhound bus for home they all say

2. And I won’t quit ‘til I’m a star on Broadway

3. ‘Cause I can play this here guitar.4. But they’re dead wrong, I know they

are5. They say that I won’t last too long

on Broadway


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Step 5 – Recreate text

• Summarize

–Using the song map, fill in key elements about the song.

–Use the song map to tell your classmate about the song.

–Describe the drawing you made about an idea in the song.


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Song Title And Singer

Setting--Time --Place

10 Key Terms

Characters

What Happened?????


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• Summarize–Write a summary of the song in a

paragraph.–Exchange paragraphs with your

classmate.–What information do you both

include? What information is different?


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Summary Pyramid1. Listen to the whole song. List

important points and terms that you want to remember.

2. Complete the 5W pyramid.

3. Write the main idea.

4. Write a SHORT summary.5. State the impact. Why is this

information interesting/ important?


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Who/what is it about?

What happened?

When did it take place?

Where did it happen?

Why is it important?

How/ why did it happen?


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Music and Culture• List 3 things you learned about the USA.

• What kind of person is the singer? Write 5 adjectives that describe him.

• Describe the music. How is this music similar to/ different from Peruvian music?

– Instruments– Rhythm– Other impressions


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• Central point: main idea–Use a complete sentence. It must

include the topic and the most important point about the subject.

• Summary–25 words.

• Impact–Why is this information important?

Be creative. This is your chance to state your opinion.


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Think critically

–What do you think this line means:

“They say I won’t last too long on Broadway…but they’re dead wrong, I know they are.”

• What do you think will happen to the singer?


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React or Create–Imagine that you want to travel to

the big city. What do you want to do there?

–You meet the singer. What will you tell him?

–You are the singer. You arrived in the city 6 months ago. Write a personal letter to your family, telling them what you are doing.


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Step 6 – AnalyzeUS Music in Culture

• What is jazz?

• What instruments are in jazz?

• What makes jazz unique?


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Jazz America’s Classical Music

• Originates in African American spirituals

• Combines African and western music traditions

• Improvisation

• Typical instruments:– Guitar, drums, harmonica, base, vocals


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Resources for US culture through song

Voices Across Time (VAT)http://www.voicesacrosstime.org


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VAT: 19th century exploration• http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/

features/patc/homeontherange/


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Home on the Range• Oh give me a home where the buffalo

roam

• Where the deer and the antelope play

• Where seldom is heard a discouraging work

• And the skies are not cloudy all day

• Home, home on the range….

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XIV Peru TESOL Listening Interactively to US culture with music Karen Jogan, Ph.D. [email protected]