Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Lady Gaga Short Biography




Lady Gaga (March 28, 1986 ) who her full name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is definitely an American pop singer-songwriter who got her success with its “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” Single. No one knows about her previously since she start her carrier with hard-work. Gaga start learning music since aged four (play piano) and then she made her first piano ballad at 13. by age 14, she start performing at open mike nights. Inspired by popular rock artists such as David Bowie, Elton John and Full at the time, Gaga is well-recognized on her outré Lady Gaga popular fashion. Then, she also learn much from other to pop performers for example Madonna and Michael Jackson, in her performance as well as in her music videos.
Gaga found her prominence after a discharge of her debut studio album The Fame (2008), that was a vital and commercial success and accomplished worldwide recognition using the singles “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”. The album got at number 1 about the record charts of six nations, as well as the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart while concurrently peaking at # 2 about the Billboard 200 chart within the USA. Moreover, she also got accomplished positions inside the top worldwide.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Using music and songs for teaching English






Teaching through music can play a really important part in the language classroom. It can change the atmosphere in the classroom within seconds.
Songs sung in English are listened to around the world and students can often feel real progress in their level of English when they can begin to sing along to the chorus or even just to be able to separate what at first seemed to be a constant stream of words!. Using music in general or focusing on particular songs are two useful choices which can be very rewarding.

Before the beginning of the class it may be worthwile to do a music survey

or questionnaire to find out what the students enjoy listening to. As much as

possible try to use music they will like. One can find that the students’

motivation levels are the determining factor in whether or not a song will work

with them. If the students really like the song and the artist they become

determined to understand. If the teacher chooses the task carefully even

lower levels will be able to get something out of working with tricky songs

where the language is way above their level of English.



Using music in the classroom doesn’t always mean listening to a song and using

the lyrics in some way. Music can be used in the classroom in a multitude of

ways. Using songs provide a valuable source of authentic language and there

are hundreds of ways to exploit them in the classroom. The internet has made

it very easy to find the lyrics of songs. A search on google with the name of

the band, the song title and the word ‘lyrics’ will bring up a selection of sites

you can use. Once you have copied and pasted the lyrics into a word document

it is quick and easy to make an effective worksheet.


See Class Activity.