Teaching in an Entertainment Way —Implication of Songs in English Teaching

Abstract

Since quality education advocated, some achievements have been made in English teaching in China. However, listening is the week point for the students. With the rapid social development in China, the traditional language teaching method cannot fit the requirements of the society and need to be improved, especially in listening. In the four skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, listening makes the first place, which tells it significance. The poor listening of the students makes it hard for them to improve their communicative ability. Although the traditional teaching methods also sometimes pay attention to the listening aspects, it cannot fit the new situations and new changes during the new times, especially on the aspects of listening content and listening skills. This paper, based on the famous Lozanov’s suggestive Teaching theory [1], music and songs can be used as an effective technique in foreign language teaching. Songs can arouse students’ interest towards language study and help to form their linguistic sense. This essay gives a brief introduction to the reasons why English songs can be used in middle school and high school English class, and how they are effectively used. Therefore through this thesis research the English listening teaching can be improved as well as the entire English teaching of our nation.

Key Words: foreign language teaching; English songs; teaching method

摘要

提倡素质教育以来，我国英语教学取得了很大的成就。随着中国社会的快速发展，国际交流对英语的巨大需要,传统的教学方法已经不能适应现在社会的发展趋势，培养出来的人才已经不能符合新的英语需要标准，尤其是听力方面，因为听力居于听说读写四个基本技能的首要位置,因此显得尤其重要。但是，听力仍然是学生学英语过程中的一个薄弱环节。听力差使学生们很难提高他们的交际能力。尽管传统教学方法也照顾到了学生的听力能力和听力技巧,然而日新月异的新环境和新情况还是需要传统教学做出很大的改变，尤其是在听力的内容和针对性方面应作出一些改变.本篇论文根据洛扎诺夫的暗示教学法理论，指出了在外语教学中音乐和歌曲都可以作为有效的教学手段。歌曲能极大地激发学生学习兴趣，从而有助于增强对目的语的语感。本文分析了英文歌曲可以作为教学材料用于英语教学的原因，并简要介绍了英文歌曲在初高中英语课堂是如何被应用的,从而可以找到新时代环境下我国英语听力教学的新的有效方法，从而提高我国整体英语教学水平。

关键词：外语教学；英文歌曲；教学法

CONTENTS

摘要

Abstract

Introduction   …………………………………………. …………………… …………….. 1

I. Music (includes songs) and Language Learning ……………………………….  1

II. English songs and English Classes…………………………………………… 4

2.1  In listening class ………………………………………. ………………. 4

2.2  In writing class …………………………………………………………. 6

2.3  In grammar Class  ………………………………………. …………… 8

2.4  Others………………………………………. …………………………. 10

III The Selection of English Songs………………………………………… 10

3.1 Being suited to students’ English learning capacity……………………… 11

3.2 Being closely related to English teaching………………………………… 11

3.3 Having the function of inspiring and 

encouraging the students ……………………………….…………………  11

IV The magic of English songs………………………………………………….. 12

4.1 Voice-training skills………………………………………………………. 12

4.2 Enhancing vocabulary and sentence memory…………………………….. 12

4.3 The solutions to Grammar point………………………………………….. 13

4.4 Learning of cultural background………………………………………….. 13

References………………………………………….…………………………… 15