2. Boom Chicka Boom! Using Songs and Chants in the YL Classroom Kylie Malinowska YL Advisor & YLC International House World

3. Boom Chicka Boom

4. Clap your hands up high if…..

5. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music

6. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily

7. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing

8. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower

9. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public

10. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song?

11. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?)

12. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom?

13. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom? Sounds ok with you?

14. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom? Sounds ok with you? With the CD?

15. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom? With the CD without the CD!

16. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom? With the CD without the CD! You like singing in class

17. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom? With the CD without the CD! You like singing in class You love singing and can’t wait to sing with kids

18. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom? With the CD without the CD! You like singing in class You love singing and can’t wait to sing with kids Beyonce doesn’t rule the world, you do.

19. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You like listening to music daily You like to sing in the shower You have sung in public…a happy birthday song? (or maybe in a church? At a wedding? A lullaby to your noisy child crying on the bus?) What about in a YL classroom? With the CD without the CD! You like singing in class You love singing and can’t wait to sing with kids Beyonce doesn’t rule the world, you do. You’d rather wear a smelly, unwashed, skin-tight, sparky, 1 Direction t-shirt for a week than sing in public?

20. Boom Chicka Boom Clap your hands up high if….. You want to sing in class, it’s not that you’re afraid to, you just: can’t be bothered don’t have time aren’t sure what songs to sing aren’t sure how to sing the songs aren’t sure how to teach the songs Have never done it before would rather teach grammar and other important things lied on the first slide and are actually a T-rex and therefore can’t sing. Or clap.

21. Boom Chicka Boom Come on, how do you really feel…..

22. Boom Chicka Boom Hello! What’s your name?

23. Boom Chicka Boom Music finds its way to the soul Plato

24. Boom Chicka Boom Using songs and chants as a pedagogical tool to teach children language is a natural and logical choice

25. Boom Chicka Boom What? How? Who? When?

26. Boom Chicka Boom Enthusiasm Fun Confidence

27. Boom Chicka Boom Hey ______! I think I hear my name. Hey ______! I think I hear it again. You’re wanted on the telephone. Well if it isn’t ______ I’m not home!

28. Boom Chicka Boom Me: I said a Boom Chicka Boom You: I said a Boom Chicka Boom

29. Boom Chicka Boom Me: I said a Boom Chicka Boom You: I said a Boom Chicka Boom

30. Boom Chicka Boom Me: I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom! You: I said a Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom!

31. Boom Chicka Boom Uh huh Uh Huh Oh yeah Oh Yeah One more time

32. Boom Chicka Boom ______ style

33. Boom Chicka Boom I said a Boom Chicka Boom I said a Boom Chicka Boom I said a Boom Chicka Rocka Chicka Rocka Chicka Boom Uh huh Oh yeah One more time ______ style.

34. Boom Chicka Boom I like to eat apples and bananas.

35. Boom Chicka Boom I like to eat apples and bananas. I E A O U

36. Boom Chicka Boom YL learn through direct experiences via the five senses. Combining singing and TPR encourages cognitive development via concentration and coordination. What’s more, the repetition and parallelism is something they like and is instrumental to memory.

37. Head shoulders knees and toes I Boom Chicka Boom

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40. Boom Chicka Boom What is it? AB It’s a _________. A what?A ___________! A ___________?Yes! A _________. Oh, a ___________.

41. Frere Jacques Are you sleeping, Are you sleeping? Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, Morning bells are ringing, Ding ding dong, Ding ding dong. Boom Chicka Boom

42. Frere Jacques Look and listen, Look and Listen (point to eyes then ears) Shhhh Shhhhhh (finger to lips) Boom Chicka Boom

43. Frere Jacques Look and listen, Look and Listen (point to eyes then ears) What is this? What is this? (hold out arms shrugging and point it flashcard) Is it a.....(pause for a moment to scratch head and shrug) monkey? Is it a monkey? (mime monkey) Yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes (nod and give the thumbs up) Boom Chicka Boom

44. Listen and Draw Boom Chicka Boom

45. Frere Jacques I am hungry, I am hungry (rub belly) I want apples, I want apples (mime ieating apples) Yummy Yummy yummy, Yummy yummy yummy. (rub belly and lick lips) I like apples. (nod head and mime eating an apple) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 STOP Boom Chicka Boom

46. I went to school yesterday. I’ve been to school today. I’ll go to school tomorrow! I go to school every day!

47. Choo CHoo The train is (a) coming oh yeah Boom Chicka Boom

48. Choo CHoo The train is (a) coming oh yeah Boom Chicka Boom

49. Step 1 You have 1 minute to get into groups of 5 (or more)

50. Boom Chicka Boom Step 2 You have 1 minute to allocate the following roles in your group…..

51. Boom Chicka Boom Public relations manager It’s up to you to organise how the group will report back Secretary It’s up to you to take notes and write things down General Manager It’s up to you to make sure everyone gets a chance/is encouraged to speak and is listened to. Project Manager It’s up to you to make sure your group stays on task and finishes within the time limit. Creative Director It’s up to you to make sure the end result looks and sounds good

52. Boom Chicka Boom Step 3 You have 1 minute for your group’s secretary to get a pen and the creative director to get a piece of paper

53. Boom Chicka Boom Step 4 You have 1 minute to silently read the guidelines for the first task on the next slide. Please don’t speak or start. Just read.

54. Boom Chicka Boom You are going to create your own song for the YL classroom by following these steps. 1. Choose one of the following: A grammar point A vocabulary set An aspect of classroom management 2. Choose a tune the whole group is familiar with. 3. Write your own chant/ song using steps 1 and 2. 4. Create some simple actions for your song. 5. Write the lyrics and actions for your song on paper and give your song a title.

55. Boom Chicka Boom Tips Keep it simple and repetitive Have fun Rules Everyone in the group must be given a chance to speak Everyone must speak in English Everyone must finish within the time limit

56. Boom Chicka Boom You are going to create your own song for the YL classroom by following these steps. 1. Choose one of the following: A grammar point A vocabulary set An aspect of classroom management 2. Choose a tune the whole group is familiar with. 3. Write your own chant/ song using steps 1 and 2. 4. Create some simple actions for your song. 5. Write the lyrics and actions for your song on paper and give your song a title. Your time limit is…minutes

57. Boom Chicka Boom Great job! Of course I’m going to ask you to perform it :D But hopefully we have time to ‘teach’ it too…. How do we do that?

58. Boom Chicka Boom In your groups discuss… 1.When would you use this song 2.How many times would you sing it? 3.How would you set it up? teach it? 4.What might the students find difficult/easy? 5.What age group is it for?

59. Boom Chicka Boom

60. Clapping Music Mingle Hello Song What’s your name? Boom Chicka Boom Apples and Bananas Heads, Shoulders, Knees… Jazz Chant What is it chant Frere Jacques Routines Activities FC guessing game FC running game Tenses chant Train chant Dancing Game Think about the songs and chants and activities using music we’ve looked at today. Choose a few of your favourites and tell you partner… What age group would it work for? Why? How might you adapt it to suit a different age group? When might you do it in a lesson? E.g. the start of the lesson, to revise vocabulary etc. How comfortable or otherwise would you feel doing these activities with your students?

61. Thanks for listening. And for singing! And don’t forget the chanting, don’t forget the chanting. Time to go. Boom Chicka Boom

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