Impagavel!!! Aula de pronuncia com Inspetor Clouseau.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bEZelKj66Y&feature=player_detailpage O material a seguir foi disponibilizado aos professores de Ingles da DE-Guaratingueta pela PCOP Celia Regina T. CostaCreative uses for music in the classroomWho doesnt love listening to music? Music can be agreat means of exposing all kinds of learners to culture, grammar, vocabularyas well as a diversity of views and opinions. Here, we will walk you throughthe how music can be used in the classroom. By using music, the learners can becomeeven more engaged in the learning process.What do peopleusually do with songs or the topic of songs in everyday life?1. Listen.2. Sing,hum whistle, tap and snap fingers.3. Singwithout listening to any recording.4. Talkabout the lyrics.5. Talkabout the music.6. Talkabout the singer / group.7. Talkabout the video clips.8. Usesongs and musci to set or change na atmosphere or mood, as backgroundfurnishing.9. Usesongs and music to make a social environment, form a feeling of community,dance, make friends.10. Readabout the production, performance, effect, authors, producers, audiences ofmusic and song.11. Usemusic in dreams.12. Usemusic and song to make internal associations with the people, places, and timesin our lives, so they become the personal soundtrack of our lives.13. Writesongs.14. Performsongs.15. Make video clips.16. Dointerviews.17. Writearticles.18. Dosurveys, make hit lists.Inlanguage teaching, anything we can do with a text we can go do with songs, ortexts about songs.19. Studygrammar.20. Practiceselective listening comprehension.21. Composesongs, articles about songs, letters to singers.22. Discussa song.23. Translatesongs.24. Writedialogues using the words of a song.25. Usevideo clips in many ways.26. Dorole-plays.27. Dictatea song.28. Usea song for a gap-fill, cloze or for correction.29. Usemusic for background to other activities.30. Integratesongs into projetc work.31. Energizeor relax classes mentally.32. Practicepronunciation, intonation and stress.33. Breakthe routine.34. Dochoral repetition.35. Teachvocabulary.36. Teachculture.37. Learnabout your students and from your students, letting them choose and explaintheir music..38. Havefun.Strategies,Activities, and Ideas for musicLook at the song.What vocabulary and languagestructures would be included on a handout, along with the words to the song?What words would you leave out ina cloze activity?What gestures might you create toaccompany the song, in order to provide a visual and kinesthetic reference forstudents?Selectinga SongIf you intend to develop a solidmusic curriculum that spans all levels, you have to choose your songscarefully. You want to evaluate a song for classroom use based upon the following:VocabularyLanguagestructuresTensesIdiomssingabilityRepetitionwithin the songComprehensibility Potentionfor use as a springboard to other activitiesLengthAppropriatenessfor the classroomSomesuggestions for doing more than just singing the songsu Givehomework related to the vocabulary and language structures of the song.u Havestudents develop a written personality profile for the person (people) in the song.u Havestudents write dialogues as an extension of the song, using the action, theme,or situation of the song.u Everyfew months, have students write and present skits in which they must use asmuch vocabulary as possible from all the songs they have studied and learned.u Havestudents, in groups, rewrite and present the songs, replacing nouns andadjectives and verbs so that it still makes sense by changes the main actionsand related vocabulary in the song. This is a really good recombining activityand really challenges the students.u Havestudents get in groups of at least 5 and work