Jazz Chants Essay

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Teaching Towards Tolerance, Co-operation and Creativity University of Delaware EL Institute Prepared by Mohamed Loutfi m_teefa2010@yahoo.com Using Jazz Chants for Teaching Language Functions Objectives: • To use Jazz Chants for teaching language functions and for improving students’ speaking and listening skills. • To use Jazz Chants for motivating the students and for encouraging pair work and role playing activities. How can we make our lessons interesting? We can make our lessons interesting and attractive by using various ways of teaching. One of these ways is “Jazz Chants”. What are Jazz Chants? Jazz Chants are Carolyn Graham’s snappy, upbeat chants and poems that use jazz rhythms to illustrate the natural stress and intonation patterns of conversational American English. Jazz Chants are designed as a language tool to improve students’ speaking and listening skills while reinforcing the language structures of everyday life. Why Jazz Chants? • They introduce and reinforce the language structures and functions of everyday spoken English. • They provide an innovative, exciting and effective way of improving students’ speaking and listening skills. • They are simple and repetitive, providing students with the language they really use. • They appeal to students of all ages and work with large classes. • They simulate pair work and role playing activities. • They will surprise, inspire and delight students and teachers alike. • They fire the students’ imagination and help them remember difficult words and expressions. • They help students combine grammatical syllables with functional dialogues to produce practical and natural sounding English. • They constitute a context for language use for learners. • Students become themselves when they sing or play. Unity, Mutual understanding, Excellence 1 Teaching

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