课标人教实验版 高一 Module 2 Unit 5

Listening

Listening P69 Discuss these questions in groups of four before you listen to the tape. 1.Do you often listen to music while studying at home? 2. If you do, what kind of music do you usually listen to? What kind of effect does the music have on you?

Listen to the tape again and write down what the “Mozart effect” means to you. __________________________________ Classical music, especially Mozart, helps improve your memory.

True or False. You can listen to any kind of classical music if it has regular rhythms. 1.Listening to classical music improves your memory. 2.The “Mozart effect” means listening to Mozart’s music. T F

4.Scientists think the “Mozart effect” works with all kinds of music. F 3.To improve your long term memory you need to study maths. F Scientists do not think that studying maths can improve your long term memory. Scientists think it only works with classical music.

5.Listening to music makes you more intelligent. F Scientists think that learning a musical instrument can help your maths skills./ Listening to classical music improves your short term memory.

The “Mozart effect” Do you worry about exams? Of course, everyone does. Do you find it difficult to remember what you study? Well, everybody has trouble remembering things from time to time. Do you know music can help you remember things better? Listening text

Scientists have shown that if you listen to classical music and especially Mozart while you are studying, it helps your memory. It is called the “Mozart effect”. It would be useful to know if the “Mozart effect” works with all kinds of music. Certainly scientists have done some experiments to find out.

They have tried playing other kinds of music (such as pop music) while students are studying, but it doesn’t work. It seems that the regular rhythms of classical music help develop one’s memory. However, this improvement only lasts for a short time. If you want to improve your intelligence, what should you do? Scientists think that learning a musical instrument is helpful,

Especially for improving maths skills. This is because maths and music both use the same part of the brain. So if you want to be good at maths, perhaps you should go to a music class!

Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. mathematical, pattern, jazz, folk, composers, choral, moving, beauty Listening task on P72

Information on Bach Who did he write for? Where did he play it? What are the features of his music? Listen again and fill in the chart below. God. In the church. Mathematical and with a special pattern.

What type of music did he write? Why is he remembered today? Choral music. For the beauty of his musical patterns.

THE MUSIC OF BACH Classical music does not have words. It tries to describe feelings with musical instruments. It is called classical music because it was written at a time when there was no pop or rock music. The music was written to a special pattern. Listening text

Only the cleverest composers was Bach. He was not famous during his life, but became very famous after his death. He worked in a small church and had to write new songs to sing every week. So he composed beautiful choral music.

He also wrote music for people to listen to as they left the church. Some of his music is very mathematical with different parts that repeat each other in a very peaceful way. All his music was written for God and some of it is very moving. He never became rich but his music has a special

place in classical music. He is remembered today for the beauty of his musical patterns. You can listen to one of his pieces of music now.