1. 淡水區99學年度第2學期 英語教師區域策略聯盟專業增能工作坊 ---英語教學專題報告與分享 Teaching English Through Chants, Rhymes and Songs
報告人: 坪頂國小 陳玉茹

2. Benefits of using rhymes, chants and songs in English teaching
Children love rhythm, music and movement.
Contributes to young children’s social, linguistic and emotional development.
Get children’s attention and keep their interest.
Encourage children to produce language in way that is natural, spontaneous and enjoyable.
Promotes the development of positive attitudes and motivation toward learning a foreign language.

3. As using rhymes, chants or songs in your lessons……
Rhythm/music
Pronunciation
Memorization
Transfer
Confidence
Multiple intelligences

4. Chants Jazz Chants: Teaching Jazz Chants - Carolyn Graham
Who Took the Cookie? - Teaching Tips
The introduction chant
The name chant
I don’t want to
Clapping chants
Vocabulary train chants
Creations of your own chants

5. Rhymes Suggested Rhyme Activities Rhyme of the week ( for all age )
Cloze activities / Substitution exercises ( for all age )
Students write their own rhymes ( older students )
Have groups of students practice and recite the rhymes togethers ( for all age )
Teach students about the cultural and historical meaning of the rhymes ( older students )

6. Tongue Twisters Suggested Tongue Twister Activities:
Tongue twister chain
Tongue twister telephone
Tongue twister race
Teamwork tongue twister
Tongue twister creation

7. Songs How to teach a song: Before you sing the song Add action
Picture cards for each word or phrase
Sing without the music
Listen to the song

8. Ideas for Teaching Pop Songs
Cloze sheets
Key words / TPR
True / false statements
Listen and order
Changing the words

9. Cloze Activities for Rhymes
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To _______ a _______ _______
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill _______ _______ ________

10. Jack and Jill went up the hill
To find a silver bell
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill began to yell

11. Tongue Twister 1
How
Much
Wood
Would A
Woodchuck
Chuck ?

12. Tongue Twister 2 Betty Botter had some butter
“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter
If I bake this bitter butter
It would make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter
That would make my batter better”
So she bought some better butter
Better than her bitter butter
And she baked it in her batter
So it was better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter