Learning English

through Music

Music with Martha

Can music help me learn English?

What

the Research Says

Dictionary: Research

Parts of Speech
Noun

Verb

What does the research say about music and language?

Last week, I researched the topic of music and language learning.

Today, I will share my research with you. (noun or verb?)

Pronunciation
rih suhrch
ri suhrch
Definition (n)
An intellectual investigation and study to obtain and analyze
information
Translation
investigacin

Can music help me learn a language?

What the Research Says

You can read some of the research in
Bob Lakes article
Music and Language Learning
TheOALConnection, Fall 2002
BobLakehasbeenusingmusicintheESLclassroomforoveradecade.

http://www.dtae.org/adultlit/connections/music.html

What the Research Says: 1

Learning

occurs in an environment of
high stimulation and
low anxiety.

What the Research Says: 1

http://babel.altavista.com/tr

Learning

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of

high stimulation and

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low

occurs in an environment

anxiety.

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What the Research Says: 1

New

vocabulary word: filter

According

to the theory, the emotional state

of the learner acts as a filter that permits or
stops input.

What the Research Says: 1

According

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the

emotional state of the learner

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acts

to the theory,

as a filter that allows or stops input.

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http://babel.altavista.com/tr

What the Research Says: 2

Music

uses both hemispheres of the brain.

Verbal

Drawings

Concrete
examples

Metaphors
Illustrated
instructions

Written
instructions

Music

What the Research Says: 3

Language

learners need information and

practice at their own level of competency
plus one, or just a bit more of the next level.

What the Research Says: 3

Song

lyrics help with plus one.

The chorus is like a hook. Students learn the
chorus and use it to learn the rest of the
lyrics.
New vocabulary: Hook

What the Research Says

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Got a Reason
Higherpraise.com

Higherpraise.org

Higherpraise.net
Reworded

by Martha Rankin

Got a Reason: Chorus

Got

a reason for living againuhhuhhuh

Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
Got a reason for loving again
Ive got love in my heart.

Grammar:

got milk?

Correct Grammar: Have you

got milk?

Grammar Lesson
When

have is used to speak about

possession, relationships and other states, it
is possible to use both have and have got:

My parents have a house in the country.

My parents have got a house in the country.
She has many brothers and sisters.
She has got many brothers and sisters.
I have a cold.
I have got a cold.

Got a Reason: Chorus

Got a reason for living againuhhuhhuh
Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
Got a reason for loving again
Ive got love in my heart.

Grammar Lesson
Got

I have a reason for living againuhhuhhuh

Got

a reason for loving again

I have a reason for loving again

Ive

a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh

I have a reason for laughing againuhhuh

Got

a reason for living againuhhuhhuh

got love in my heart.

I have got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Chorus

No

reason to cry anymorenonooh

No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
No reason to die anymorenonooh
Ive got love in my heart.

Grammar Lesson

No reason to cry anymorenonooh

No reason to sigh anymorenonooh

I dont have a reason to sigh anymore.

I havent got a reason to sigh anymore.

No reason to die anymore.

I dont have a reason to cry anymore.

I havent got a reason to cry anymore.

I dont have a reason to die anymore.

I havent got a reason to die anymore.

Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Verse

Monday

I was all alone.

Tuesday I sat by the phone.
Wednesday I cried and I cried.
Thursday Oh, I thought Id die.
Friday I started to pray.
Saturday I smiled all day.
Sunday Oh, the heavens did part.
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Chorus

Got

a reason for living againuhhuhhuh

Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
Got a reason for loving again
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Chorus

No

reason to cry anymorenonooh

No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
No reason to die anymore
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Verse

Monday

I was all alone.

Tuesday I sat by the phone.
Wednesday I cried and I cried.
Thursday Oh, I thought Id die.
Friday I started to pray.
Saturday I smiled all day.
Sunday Oh, the heavens did part.
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Chorus

Got

a reason for living againuhhuhhuh

Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
Got a reason for loving again
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Chorus

No

reason to cry anymorenonooh

No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
No reason to die anymore
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Verse

Monday

I was all alone.

Tuesday I sat by the phone.
Wednesday I cried and I cried.
Thursday Oh, I thought Id die.
Friday I started to pray.
Saturday I smiled all day.
Sunday Oh, the heavens did part.
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Chorus

Got

a reason for living againuhhuhhuh

Got a reason for laughing againuhhuhhuh
Got a reason for loving again
Ive got love in my heart.

Got a Reason: Chorus

No

reason to cry anymorenonooh

No reason to sigh anymorenonooh
No reason to die anymore.
Ive got love in my heart.
Ive got love in my heart.
Ive got love in my heart.

Give a Little Love

By

Ziggy Marley

Give a Little Love: Chorus

Weve got to give a little love

Have a little hope
Make this world a little better.
Try a little more
Harder than before
Lets do what we can do together.
Whoa, oh, oh
We can make it even better, yeah!
Oh, oh, oh, la, la, la
Only if we try.

Give a Little Love: Chorus

Livin

in this crazy world.

So caught up in the confusion.
Nothin is makin sense.
For me and you.
Maybe we can find a way.
Theres got to be a solution.
How to make a brighter day.
What do we do?

Give a Little Love: Chorus

Weve got to give a little love

Have a little hope
Make this world a little better.
Try a little more
Harder than before
Lets do what we can do together.
Whoa, oh, oh
We can make it even better, yeah!
Oh, oh, oh, la, la, la
Only if we try.

Give a Little Love: Chorus

Got

the wars on our minds

Got the troubles on our shoulders
Sometimes it seems so much
What we go through.
Maybe if we take the time
Time to understand each other
We can learn to make it right.
What do we do?

Give a Little Love: Chorus

Weve got to give a little love

Have a little hope
Make this world a little better.
Try a little more
Harder than before
Lets do what we can do together.
Whoa, oh, oh
We can make it even better, yeah!
Oh, oh, oh, la, la, la
Only if we try.