Vol 02 No 3 TESL Reporter

              teaching english as a ng u g second lanmuage
published by

teaching english as a second language
vo 1 ol i
2 no

english lon gua ge institute a the church college of hawaii
spring 1969

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laie

hawaii

TESL AND MUSIC
BY CHARLOTTE K

DYKSTRA

VERTICAL FaK ft fIk s fln u

interesting still is the possibility of preparing music to enhance the opportunities of learning english rhythms and intonation patterns charlotte kuenstler dykstra has had wide experience in TESL here in the united states and sh e I s currently coabroad iS L o ordinator 0 f TE SL materials development project at the hawaii curriculum ce nter fe there is also a need to have more TESL related songs available on inexpensive records record players are more readily available than
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TESL materials perhaps there should be a series of songs specially written with difficulty of language content in graduated incremeens so or crem nt t perhaps a series that includes only language content that is being taught simultaneously in a correlated program of classroom materials more

that music should be used functionally as well as to move the spirit in learning such subjects as mathematics many modern TESL materials do in fact include words and music of old folk songs and there are even some collections of songs for use in TESL programs notably one by dod aerage and lee d there has remained a need however for some alternate treatments of the role of music and song in

the idea is not new plato suggested

when ready there should also be an opportunity for students to sing alternate verses whether preprepared for the students or created by them and the music should not be limited to folk tunes songs incorporating some of these ideas were created and tried out in pacific areas as well as in north and south america africa and asia within the framework of the TESL

or musically gifted teachers the language needs to be clearer than it is on most recordings students should be able to hear the words and to participate in the singing

are musically equipped classrooms

CON T EN T S CONT NT
TESL and

music
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charlotte K dykstra cultural horizons and
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language usage
by jan ocampo

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and

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the use of
by

how much how many in TESL

textbooks
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page an undergraduate major TESL program page by william D conway

alice

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pack

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TESL

reporter

materials development center there were reports in some areas that the TESL songs made the un0l i official local hit parades out o1 school as well as in subsequently there was a request from the hawaii curriculum center to prepare a series that could be used locally
in schools

to

a sea turtle think of all the shrimp you eat

squids

to
f

you drink

a car

an ink of all the gas tn oil

use of names
uses only two sentences and is used as a basis for practice with names and short forms of names
my name is patricia pat george keoki anthony tony tropical birds contains vocabulary of size and measurement small long narrow medium size heavier and colors red green bluish than ivory white rainbow striped irrl descent the sound and form of these words can become the basis for introducing other grouped words opalescent rainbow iridescent striped mulltticcollored ui oo

musical Features f ea ti
a solo with musical accompaniment but with emphasis on clarity of the vocal part for listening and learning 2 a chorus with musical accompaniment to encourage pupil participation in a sing along manner and 3 a separate section of musical accompaniment only with one lead instrument playing the melody line for use after pupils have learned the song grammatical points of language are 1 emphasized in some of the songs 1 I in I have two hands J is used in the first verse the second verse switches to you with subsequent changes in language forms

whats your name

these records include

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whats your name

use of vocabulary
vocabulary is stressed in some of the songs all you eat for example is a song about food

reaching colors
song about colors each color has a special identifying sound effect hello mary is a dialogue between two pupils who exchange polite but informal greetings cont on page 4 quarterly publication of the english language institute and the BATES L program of the church college IE S
of hawaaiiii i f aw
1 ie colors of the rainbow is a simplae

all

you eat just think of allyoueattt f ii yo ea i a think of all the bread you eat

fish

fruit
and more vocabulary substitutions are made think of all the milk you drink

the

second verse changes to drink

tese

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juice tea cokes
may also be sung to animals and things with other substitutions to a bird think of all the seeds you eat

editor

TESL

william D conway assistant professor of english and
mrs

staff

this song

TESL

alice pack assistant professor of english and
t ac articles relevant tlonguege hing a a

wrms o orms to a shark think of all the fish youi eat ol l u plankton to a guinea pig think of all the feed you eat bread

english as a second in hawaii the south pacific and asia may be submitted to the editor through box 127 the church college of hawaii laie hawaii 96762 manuscripts should not and typed pages
be

double spaced three exceeding
summer

deadline for the is may 1 1969

edition