1. Using Songs and Chants – Personalize Songs and Chants

2. What does personalize mean?
Group Discussion
What does personalize mean?
Preview
Now let’s think of what personalize means. Take a look at the word. What root do you see? Right, you can see the word person. 
Underline the word person if you have an IWB wand.
Elicit a definition of personalize from participants. Then confirm the correct answer.
Personalize means that you are connecting new information or language to students and their lives. You are giving them a chance to express something about themselves using new language learned.

3. Video
Play the video.

4. What does personalize mean?
To relate new language to your own life
To draw a picture of yourself
To change the words of a song
To be egocentric and centered on yourself
Personalization is a technique applicable only to teaching songs and chants.
True
False
Review
Call on two different participants to answer the questions. Ask participants to explain why the answer to the second question is false.
Answers:
1. To relate new language to your own life.
2. False.
Teachers can have students personalize the content in any text, activity, or lesson to stretch their ability to use the language in different and authentic ways.