The chap who talked about this package said that it wasn't hard to see the educational potential of creating karaoke files... so I asked my Twitter network:
Some good suggestions came in, with an extended suggestion from Relativism and another from Catriona_O:- Health and Wellbeing (HWB)/ literacy/ Expressive Arts (EXA) rewrite a song as expressive activity relating to relevant topic e.g. HWB 2-08a, Literacy 2-02a, EXA 2-18a. Model lyrics example by creating a whole class song then set group tasks by using an existing song as a base pupils already have a grasp of the music. (Depending on class you may provide small selection.)
- ikaraoke in any other language surely - is it possible to switch languages?
Two great suggestions. Do you have any others you could add?
I'm surprised this hasn't been raised more. I think Karaoke from an educational standpoint could be advantageous, especially with those who have speech and language difficulties. I'm sure we can all remember learning a melodic song for the alphabet or something similar, so what's the difference?
ReplyDeleteHave used a karaoke programme for language teaching - either to record basic phrases which pupils can "read" along to, or to put lyrics to practise structures to a well known tune which class can sing along to.
ReplyDeleteHello singtothe & lmhtob
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments. I suppose it's a bit like the Sesame Street approach to teaching. Songs, and song lyrics stick in your head.