Songs
provide a link between home and school and allow for verbal and non-verbal
participation through physical movement, as, drama and play.
Songs can
be used as a ritual part of starting and ending lessons, or as an integrated
part of language. They can also be used to reinforce knowledge and skills in
other areas of the curriculum. They provide the opportunity to introduce
children to aspects of traditional culture and develop social and motor skills.
Songs are a
good way to introduce a new language. They improve listening, speaking, reading
and writing skills. Those are the reasons:
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Improve
pronunciation
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Improve
the ability to imitate and produce individual sounds.
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Develop
children´s awareness of stress, rhythm and intonation patterns in English.
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Aid
memorization.
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Contribute
to the foundations of early literacy and help children how to read in English.
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…
In this
website you can find lots of songs such as nativities, assembly songbooks,
seasonal songbooks, curriculum songbooks or SONG AND STORY ( useful for
the storytelling). I have seen that some of them must being paid but it is
possible to listen to some clips to see if we like or not or if it is useful
for our classes.
Songs also
allow working vocabulary, grammar and some other structures. In Youtube you
will find lots of songs to work lots of topics like numbers, colors, clothes,
weather…
It is time
to say goodbye!
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