Peru TESOL 2011

Peru TESOL 2011

Cultural Excursions… using sights and sounds from the US

Callao PERU

Promoting US cultural awareness in EFL through song

Jacqueline Benevento

M. Karen JoganKaren JoganKaren Jogan

Albright CollegeAlbright College

[email protected]@alb.edu

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How can songs enrich lessons in US culture?

How can song-based cultural lessons be organized for the classroom?

How can songs be used as culturally based interactive listening texts for ESL/EFL?

What resources can be tapped?


Resources for music and culture

Voices Across Time

http://www.voicesacrosstime.org



Moving Along

1801-1861 Shenandoah

1870-1900 Home on the Range

1900-1945 Chatanooga Choo-Choo

1945 - 1970 In America (West Side Story)

1970-present Convoy


VAT: Home on the Range

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/homeontherange


Home on the Range

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,

Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging

word And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Home, home on the range…..…Peru TESOL 2011 Karen Jogan10


On Broadway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNjeUUcdSo


Step 1 -- Preview Before

Think about the title.• Let me tell you a little bit about the song.

What do you think this song is about?

What do you know about this subject?


Step 2 –Listen to first stanza. Identify the main elements

What is one thing you heard about?

What information is in the first stanza?•When•Where•Who


Step 3 – Identify details

Neon lights 1

magic 2

glitter 3


Introduce New Vocabulary

“the blues”


greyhound



One thin dime


Shine your shoes


Match the phrase with its definition

A) Broadway B) quit C) rubs off D) Greyhound E) dime F) gives me the

blues G) shine your

shoes

1. stop

2. wears away

3. Ten cents (US)

4. Bus company

5. Polish footwear

6. Makes me sad

7. Street in New York City


Slang

Gonna ‘cause ya Dead wrong ‘til You ain’t had Make time

1. until

2. Absolutely incorrect

3. You don’t have

4. Going to

5. Have success

6. Because

7. you


Step 4 -- Organize.

1. The glitter rubs right off and you’re nowhere

2. They say there’s always magic in the air

3. But when you’re walking down the street

4. They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway

5. And you ain’t had enough to eat


Step 4 -- Organize.

1. ‘Cause how ya gonna make some time

2. But looking at them just gives me the blues

3. And one thin dime won’t even shine your shoes

4. When all you’ve got is one thin dime

5. They say the women treat you fine on Broadway


Step 4 -- Organize.

1. I’ll catch a Greyhound bus for home they all say

2. And I won’t quit ‘til I’m a star on Broadway

3. ‘Cause I can play this here guitar.4. But they’re dead wrong, I know they

are5. They say that I won’t last too long on

Broadway


Sing Along!.

1. They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway

2. They say there’s always magic in the air

3. But when you’re walking down the street

4. And you ain’t had enough to eat

5. The glitter rubs right off and you’re nowhere

Sing Along!

They say the women treat you fine on Broadway

But looking at them just gives me the blues But how you gonna make some time When all you’ve got is one thin dime And one thin dime won’t even shine your

shoes



Sing Along!.

1. They say that I won’t last too long on Broadway

2. I’ll catch a Greyhound bus for home they all say

3. But they’re dead wrong, I know they are

4. ‘Cause I can play this here guitar 5. And I won’t quit ‘til I’m a star on

Broadway6. .


Step 5 – Recreate text Summarize

Using the song map, fill in key elements about the song.

Use the song map to tell your classmate about the song.

Describe the drawing you made about an idea in the song.


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Rating:

Song Title And Singer

Setting--Time --Place

10 Key Terms

Characters

What Happened?????


Summary Pyramid

1. Listen to the whole song. List important points and terms that you want to remember.

2. Complete the 5W pyramid.

3. Write the main idea.

4. Write a SHORT summary.

5. State the impact. Why is this information interesting/ important?


Who/what is it about?

What happened?

When did it take place?

Where did it happen?

Why is it important?

How/ why did it happen?


Music and Culture

List 3 things you learned about the USA. What kind of person is the singer? Write 5

adjectives that describe him. Describe the music. How is this music

similar to/ different from Peruvian music?InstrumentsRhythmOther impressions


React or CreateImagine that you want to travel to

the big city. What do you want to do there?

You meet the singer. What will you tell him?

You are the singer. You arrived in the city 6 months ago. Write a personal letter to your family, telling them what you are doing.


Step 6 – AnalyzeUS Music in Culture

What is jazz?What instruments are in jazz?What makes jazz unique?


Jazz America’s Classical Music

Originates in African American spirituals

Combines African and western music traditions

Improvisation Typical instruments:

Guitar, drums, harmonica, base, vocals


In conclusion…

For curriculum integration, identify resources in Voices Across Time

Consider popular songs that infuse US culture

Promote US culture through song!Promote US culture through song!

Another view of CULTURE….

Community artin the elementary EFL classroom

Using community art, we will…

Identify works of community artistic creativity

Design “looking questions”Design classroom activitiesCreate subject matter

connections based on art from US cities

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Development of the city

Foundations of the cityPlanning the cityThe rise of technologyConnecting city to nationThe Arts in the cityEthnicity


Where is art in the community?

Historical monuments and artifacts Use of public space and city

planning Evidence of progression of growth

and modernization Fine art (paintings, sculpture) Folkart in ethnic neighborhoods


With art in the city, we can…

Use new vocabulary and structures

Narrate in past and present Compare/contrast Hypothesize Support student creative thought

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Why Philadelphia?

Long and distinctive history

Monuments that reflect past and present culture

Next year’s TESOL International Meeting!


Liberty PlaceIndependence Hall


Looking Questions What do you notice

about this building? Is this building old

or new? What is it made of? What is the most

striking aspect of the building?


Looking Questions What do you notice

about this building? Is this building old

or new? What is it made of? What is the most

striking aspect of the building?


Liberty PlaceIndependence Hall


Planning the City


City Plan 1683


What does this map look like? What else looks like this?



The rise of technology

What happened in 1776?

Why was 1876 an important year in the US?

What technology was new at this time?

Cars?, Trains?, Airplanes?, Rockets?


Your turn…


Looking Questions What is this? Where have you

seen it? What is made of? What does it

symbolize?



Connecting the city to the nation

How do we travel in and out of the city?


Looking Questions Why is the

railroad important?


Fine Arts in the City What are “the arts”

in in your community?We see…We hear…

How can we all participate in the arts in the city?


Philadelphia Museum of Art


What do you see in the

Museum of Art?


Ethnic contributions to the city

What neighborhoods are in the city?

How do these neighborhoods show us different cultures?


What is this?Who lives in

this part of the city?

What you expect to see and do here?


What is here? What is a mural? What is happening

on the right side of the mural?

What is happening on the left side?

What is happening in the yard in front of the mural?



My name is Dr. J In this work, I am… To express my

personality, the artist…

I like the way the artist…


Mural Arts in Philadelphiahttp://www.muralarts.org/http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~davidtoc/

murals/murals.html


Explore Pennsylvania Historyhttp://www.explorepahistory.com/

index.php

Thomas Holme Philadelphia map (1683)http://www.explorepahistory.com/

hmarker.php?markerId=47



Phildelphiahttp://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2739567-

philadelphia_visitors_center_philadelphia-i-action-imgsearch

Thank you!



Peru TESOL 2011

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