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““Songs for the EFL Songs for the EFL Soul”Soul”
Workshop for Teachers of Workshop for Teachers of EnglishEnglish
Michael E. Rudder, Ph.D.Michael E. Rudder, Ph.D.Regional English Language OfficerRegional English Language Officer
U.S. EmbassyU.S. Embassy
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Objectives:Objectives:
Linguistic practice (vocabulary, grammar, structures)
Variety (text with music)
Motivation (music as universal language
of expression)
Fun (affective, expressive, creative)
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Preparation Activities:Preparation Activities:
Schema-building (questions, visuals, background information)Vocabulary (key words, idioms,
expressions)
Grammar (verb tenses, structures, etc.)
Predicting the meaning (title and key words)
Strips (putting lyrics in order)
Cloze (listening and writing)
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Writing assignment (on theme)
Re-write lyrics (change first line)
Discussion (interpretation, opinions, feelings)
Illustration (pictures or mime)
Dictation (listening and writing activity)
Cloze (oral or written)
Follow-up Activities:Follow-up Activities:
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“WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!”
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I see trees of green
red roses too.
I see them bloom for me and you.
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"what a wonderful world!"
And I think to myself,
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I see skies of blueand clouds of white.
The bright blessed day,the dark sacred night.
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“what a wonderful world!”
And I think to myself,
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The colors of the rainbow
so pretty in the sky
are also on the faces of peoplegoing by.
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I see friends shaking hands saying, “how do you do?”
They're really saying, “I love you” .
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I hear babies cry,
than I'll ever know.
I watch them grow.
They‘ll learn much more
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And I think to myself, "what a wonderful world!"
Yes, I think to myself, "what a wonderful world!"
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“IF I HAD A HAMMER”
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If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the evening all over this land.
I'd hammer in the morning.
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I'd hammer out a warning.
I'd hammer out danger.
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between my brothers and my sisters all over this land.
I'd hammer out love
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I'd ring it in the morning.
I'd ring it in the evening all over this land.
If I had a bell,
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I'd hang out a warning.
I'd ring out danger.
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And sow a lot of love between my brothers and my sistersall over this land.
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I'd sing it in the morning.
I'd sing it in the evening all over this land.
If I had me a song,
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and I'd sing out a warning.
I'd sing about danger,
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And sow a lot of love
between my brothers and my sisters all over this land.
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and I got me a song to sing all over this land.
And I got me a hammer,
and I got me a bell,
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It's the hammer of Justice.
It's the bell of Freedom.
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Love between my brothers and my sisters all over this land.
And it's a song about
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From the pillows of my head
I was lying on the bed
And the room was filled with smoke
and my despair
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Questions for Discussion
• Where is this person?
• What’s his/her mood?
• What’s the source of the smoke?
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When the rain came weeping down
Like a shroud around the town
And its humid fingers matted in my hair
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Questions for Discussion
• What metaphorical images are depicted?
• What’s the overall mood?
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Something snapped inside my brain
Something made it very plain
That the sogginess of life was only me
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Questions for Discussion
• What snapped inside the brain?
• What is the meaning of
“the sogginess of life”?
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So I sat up and I wrote
I put six words in a note
And I threw it out through the window
To the street far below
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Questions for Discussion
• Where is the writer?
• What are the contents of the note?
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Six words that saved me
From the nightmare that enslaved me
Floated on the raindrops
To the pavement far below
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Someone found them lying there
Someone cared enough to care
And I watched her
Like you watch a falling star
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Questions for Discussion
• How has the mood changed?
• Who found the note?
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And I smiled cause I could see
She had turned to smile at me
I had written just
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Six words:
“I love you whoever you are.”
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A flower grows.
I believe for every drop of rain
that falls
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I believe that somewhere in the darkest night
I believe, I believe.
A candle glows.
I believe for everyone who goes astray
Someone will come to show the way.
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I believe above the storm
every word.
Will still be heard.
I believe that someone in the great somewhere
the smallest prayer
“love”Hears
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Every time I hear a newborn baby cry
Or see the sky,
Or touch a leaf
Then I know why I believe.
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BELIEVE !BELIEVE !and anything is possible