Languages NSW
  • Home
  • News
  • Community Languages
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish

Songs and music with secondary students (teenagers)

28/5/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Using pop songs in the classroom is a common activity. They are an enjoyable alternative to the traditional listening comprehension.

Choose songs that are clear, make sense and do not contain
a lot of unknown vocabulary.
You may decide to pre-teach some key vocabulary.
This is a wonderful Spanish Language resources website where you can find inspiration.
They love this kind of exercises!

0 Comments

Turn up the tunes to boost your Spanish students language learning

21/5/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Everybody loves music. It is great entertainment, that helps you both relax and focus. Apart from being cool and fun, music has many positive effects on our brain.Some say it has healing power, while others claim that it helps develop the cognitive capacities of young children. But did you know that music can also greatly help you learn a new language? And not only by immersing you in a culture and a tradition: Music genuinely helps your brain to process all this new information quicker and better.
Here are five reasons why music is a great tool for learning a new language.
 
Music stimulates memory
Singing and learning lyrics increases vocabulary
Singing a song improves pronunciation
Listening to music will improve your comprehension of the language
Last but not least: music Is fun


So what are you waiting for? Browse the web for songs in Spanish and see how much listening to them will help your students!

Two good examples:



0 Comments

    Authors

    Evia Kyriacou
    Languages Advisor

    RSS Feed

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by

    Categories

    All
    Australian Curriculum
    Language Maintenance
    Overseas Opportunities
    Resources
    Spanish
    Stage 5
    Syllabus Support

    Archives

    October 2022
    May 2021
    March 2021
    April 2020
    June 2019
    May 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    November 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    August 2014
    May 2014
    December 2013
    September 2013

    Note: The non-DoE events and products mentioned on this site are included at the reader's discretion. The inclusion of this information is not an endorsement by the DoE.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Photos used under Creative Commons from r.lavalley, Jeff Kubina, ZTurtleMan, borkur.net, taymtaym, pfly, Visentico / Sento, Alexandratx, M.Peinado