What about music?
It is well known that one of the best strategies one can use to teach or learn something as a language, is music. Thought the use of it, one can learn about the culture as well as vocabulary, structures and some of the traits of spoken language as it is intonation, pronunciation, rhythm and so on. The music captures our attention, helps us memorizing more and most effectively and can also encourage interaction.
Having in mind those advantages, today's post proposes a song to work on to learn not just English, but a lot more. Connection one of the latest songs released by the American group Onerepublic, explores the idea of relationships nowadays, how we interact with people and how technology can help or make difficult a connection. Working on this song with our students can create an awareness of how we use technology today and what are its advantages and disadvantages.
Thus, working on the song implies not only the analysis of the lyrics -which is very important- but also the critical analysis of the video and the situations it shows. So, we can lead the conversation and the activity to a moment where students answer and ask questions about, among other things:
The use of the colors in the video:
The setting in which it takes place:
(images taken from google photos)
As we can see, working with a song gives us the possibility to learn about the language not only in terms of grammar and vocabulary and so on (language as a system) but also, in terms of culture, keeping in mind that we cannot forget that a language exists in a culture and exhibits it: they cannot be separated one from another.
Here you can find the lyrics of the song: https://genius.com/Onerepublic-connection-lyrics
Website of the group: https://www.onerepublic.com/
Having in mind those advantages, today's post proposes a song to work on to learn not just English, but a lot more. Connection one of the latest songs released by the American group Onerepublic, explores the idea of relationships nowadays, how we interact with people and how technology can help or make difficult a connection. Working on this song with our students can create an awareness of how we use technology today and what are its advantages and disadvantages.Thus, working on the song implies not only the analysis of the lyrics -which is very important- but also the critical analysis of the video and the situations it shows. So, we can lead the conversation and the activity to a moment where students answer and ask questions about, among other things:
The use of the colors in the video:
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| Images taken from the video |
- What do they mean?
- In which situations are the colors being used?
The images of specific moments of the video
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| Images taken from the video |
- What are the specific situations the video is showing us?
- What are they telling us about our society?
- What are the types of takes they are using?
- Whay do you think they are using them?
The setting in which it takes place:
(images taken from google photos)
- What is be the story behind this specific place?
- What do you think the group decided to film the video there?
As we can see, working with a song gives us the possibility to learn about the language not only in terms of grammar and vocabulary and so on (language as a system) but also, in terms of culture, keeping in mind that we cannot forget that a language exists in a culture and exhibits it: they cannot be separated one from another.
Here you can find the lyrics of the song: https://genius.com/Onerepublic-connection-lyrics
Website of the group: https://www.onerepublic.com/
Wow, in spite of the fact that I'm not really into this genre of music it is nice to find this kind of productions that are worth to be heared and seen. Thanks for sharing. This is a nice visual work.
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