Meetinghouse
  • Conversation Groups
  • Immersion Activities
  • Study Resources
  • Contact
  • Bye Bye Accent
  • Blog
  • Conversation Groups
  • Immersion Activities
  • Study Resources
  • Contact
  • Bye Bye Accent
  • Blog
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

2/12/2018 0 Comments

January Week Four

 

Music was our topic this week!  We talked about genres of music, instruments, styles and emotions and did a couple of listening activities to test our ear.

Listening:
Learners can try several different sites that combine music and English for ESL Learners: Linguician, LyricsTraining, and Tune into English  are all worth checking out.

For original version, why not try some videos from the youtube channel Polyphonic or podcasts such as Song Exploder, All Songs Considered, or content over at BBC Music.

Reading:
Learners can read some biographies of famous musicians:
  • Aaron Copland - Composer
  • Bess Lomax Hawes - Folk Musician (4:00)
  • Billie Holiday
  • Beverly Sills
  • Bo Diddley
  • Burl Ives - Actor, Singer Recorded Hundreds of Songs
  • Irving Berlin
  • The Carter Family
  • Celia Cruz - Salsa
  • Charlie Parker - Jazz
  • Cole Porter- Part 1
  • Cole Porter- Part 2
  • Duke Ellington- Part 1
  • Duke Ellington- Part 2
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Elvis Presley
  • George Gershwin - Part 1 - Composer
  • George Gershwin - Part 2 - Composer
  • Hank Williams - Country
  • Isaac Stern - Violinist
  • Itzhak Perlman - Violinist
  • James Brown - Soul Music
  • Janis Joplin
  • Jerome Kern - The Father of American Musical Theater
  • John Coltrane - Jazz Saxophonist
  • John Lewis - Jazz Pianist / MJQ
  • Johnny Cash - Country
  • Julia Ward Howe - Wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
  • Lena Horne - Singer and Actress
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Les Paul - Guitarist
  • Louis Armstrong - Jazz
  • Maria Callas - Opera Singer
  • Marian Anderson - Part 1 - Singer
  • Marian Anderson - Part 2
  • Michael Jackson
  • Nina Simone
  • Patsy Cline - Country Singer
  • Paul Robeson - Singer And International Political Activist
  • Ray Charles - Part 1
  • Ray Charles - Part 2
  • Richard Rodgers - Composer
  • Roger Miller - Singer-Songwriter
  • Sam Cooke - Singer-Songwriter
  • Scott Joplin - Ragtime Composer
  • Shirley Horn - Jazz
  • Stephen Foster - Songwriter
  • Todd Duncan - Broke a Major Color Barrier for Black Singers of Classical Music
  • Woody Guthrie - Part 1 - Singer-Songwriter
  • Woody Guthrie - Part 2
For original version, take a look at some of the articles over at longform.org related to music.

Writing:
Go ahead and try your hand at responding to one of the following prompts:

1. What is the most beautiful piece of music you've ever listened to? Talk about how each part of the song made you feel and why it has stuck with you. Also, relate a story in which you share it with someone else and try to prove to them how great it is.

2. Write a story about a character (or draw from personal experience) in which the character creates some amazing. This can be with any instrument (including a vocal one). What kind of song is it and how does the character feel about making it?3. Describe your best concert experience of all time. What was the band, who did you go with, and why has it stuck with you as being so fantastic? Go into extreme detail and feel free to make use of band lyrics.
4. Most people have a genre of music that just does not appeal to them. What is yours and why? Create a dialogue between two characters: one who loves that genre and one (like you) who hates it.
5. You have the esteemed pleasure of watching your son, daughter, niece, or nephew at his or her very first band concert. Talk about how it went, how cute it was seeing little kids do music, and how off-key they were :).

Best,
Kelly
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2023
    October 2022
    June 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    June 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.