Since I taught Class 314 a song at the beginning of the class one Friday in March, they have been looking forward to singing every Friday. So far, we have sung “If,” “When You Believe,” “Rhythm of the Rain,” ”Hero,” and “Perhaps Love.” All these songs have beautiful melody, and most of them are inspriing. Ying-zi (張盈姿) told me that when she was preparing for the 2nd-stage screening, she often hummed the song “Hero” to herself. I am glad that the song reassured and helped her, giving her more strength. (more…)
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Singing in Class
Saturday, April 11th, 2009If–A Beautiful Song
Friday, March 6th, 2009This morning, as promised yesterday, I taught Class 314 the song “If.” (more…)
Happy New Year!–An Old Entry Re-posted
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Today is New Year’s Eve. Again, the song sung by ABBA “Happy New Year” flashed into my mind. Here I’d like to post the entry I kept on Life Type system a year ago in which the video of the song was presented. Just sing along. This song is 30 years old!
http://www.tiec.tp.edu.tw/lifetype/post/1130/19093
May everyone have a beautiful and happy 2009!
A Talk on “Teaching English Through Songs” at Lunhshan Junior High School
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
This afternoon, I was invited by one of my best friends Annie (詹麗馨老師) to give a talk on “Teaching English Through Songs” at her school.
Teaching the Song “Whatever Will Be Will Be”
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Seeing that many students are in distress after the mock exam, I decided to teach them the song, “Whatever Will Be Will Be.” In fact, last night, I had intended to teach them “Hero;” however, I changed my mind after Se-heng sent me a text message after hanging up the phone telling me her favorite song was “Whatever Will Be Will Be.” It was the happy tune of the song.
A Happy Encounter & Teaching English Through Songs
Monday, October 27th, 2008
This afternoon I was invited to share my experience with members of Taipei County English Education Advisory Group at Chiang-Tsui Junior High Schol. My topic was Teaching English Through Songs. I talked about the reasons for using songs in class, what songs to teach, and how such an activity can be conducted.
A Good Website for Teaching English Through Songs
Sunday, October 26th, 2008I found a good website for teaching/learning English through songs. The URL is a little bit scary, though.
This website belongs to Yuanlin Senior High School. It contains songs with their lyrics, Chinese translation, vocabulary, and sentence patterns. Amazing!
An Interesting Website–Songs for Teaching
Saturday, October 25th, 2008Last night, I found an amazing website, Songs for Teaching. Though it’s a commercial one, intended to sell CDs and books, it’s worth visiting. There you can find songs written to teach certain things, for example, character building, geography, math, classroom management, science, holidays and seasons, etc. I even found a song for the 43 American presidents, another for the 50 states in the US with their capitals, and still another for Michelangelo’s biography! Here is the website URL.
http://www.songsforteaching.com
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If
Thursday, October 16th, 2008We were reviewing if-clauses today, which seem very complicated to students. However, there is only one principle to follow:
Real or Unreal:
Thanks, Annie and Hung
Monday, September 1st, 2008In my LifeType blog, my former students Annie and Hung left their response to the “English song” question.
http://www.tiec.tp.edu.tw/lifetype/post/1130/27088#comments
Here is my response to their answers.
Dear Annie and Hung,
Thank you for your response. All the three songs are among my favorites. Not only are their melodies beautiful but their lyrics inspire. Among the three, I taught “the Rose” almost every year. Its lyrics are as follows: