Songs and chants based on natural, communicative language feature repetition, rhythms and patterns (including, in Chinese, the tones) helpful to learning a language. In this highly interactive session, participants will examine real classroom examples that demonstrate how music, rhythm and bodymovement can create joyful and effective Chinese language learning for all types of learners, and that can extend lessons beyond the spoken language to reading and writing skills. Participants will create their own songs, chants and song-based activities and will develop lesson plans to allow for the creative use of language, encouraging students to create their own songs or chants for performance in the classroom, school and for parents.
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1. Robin Harvey
New York University
Jean Zhu
CAIS
National Chinese Language Conference
April, 2011
Songs & Chants in the Chinese Classroom
2. Who, What, Where?
Songs & Chants can be used:
For Any level, any age
3. To supplement other materials 4. As assessment (project) 5.
Whenever you need to add energy to class!
