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HomeMusic in the EFL Classroom
Sunday, March 12th, 2006, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker: Steven Morgan, Daito Bunka University
The use of music as a tool in second language education has a long history in the folk pedagogy of the profession, and most teachers include listening to and/or singing songs in the grab bag of lighter classroom activities they use now and then to break the monotony of serious learning tasks. As a result of the role that music has usually been asked to play in the classroom, it is not surprising then that precious little research has been done into the potential it holds for actually teaching fundamental language concepts and developing basic language competencies. This presentation will take a look at what music and language have in common, the extent to which the perception, processing and production of language and music are related on a cognitive level as well as the implications all this has for the development of second language pedagogy. The main focus will be on music and teaching ESL with children, but the ideas and materials presented will be of interest to those who teach second languages to students of all ages.
Steven Morgan teaches at Daito Bunka University, and he is the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the British Embassy Choir Tokyo, and Director of Music at St. Alban's Anglican Church, Tokyo
Organization: Saitama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Saitama JALT)
Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen
Venue: Sakuragi Kominkan 5F (near Omiya Station, west exit,see map)
Location: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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