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Lesson Tips How to use songs in class (Duration: 10 minutes)
Goals:
To increase students’ fluency in Russian. To build enthusiasm for using music to teach vocabulary, grammar patterns, and culture.
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify target words/phrases in the lyrics.
Students will be able to work on a target pattern for the song: a grammar element, vocabulary, pronunciation, or other.
Setting the Stage: Before Playing Song (It is a good idea to do a little groundwork before presenting the song. Students tend to react best when they can identify some familiar elements right from the start. It is better not to have students look at the lyrics during this phase, allowing them to listen more carefully.)
Review the song you are going to present, and create a list of target words for the lesson. It is wise to choose a focus, such as one or more of the following: pronunciation, vocabulary and idioms, grammar concepts, and culturally rich lyrics.
Students can listen more actively if they are listening for specific examples. Read the list of target words/phrases that you want them to listen for.
These words can later be used to create associations and word clusters. Another idea is to list several words in English and ask students to listen for the equivalents in Russia.
The whole idea is to help students attach meaning to what they hear and to encourage mental associations as they listen to the song for the first time. You may also want to talk about what students think the song will be about based on the title, or whether they have heard the song before.
Play the song, at least 2 times from beginning to end. Ask students to talk about what they heard:
What images did you get from the song? Did any of the words sound familiar or similar to other Russian words that you know? Based on the rhythm and tone, what emotional state best describes the song? Which phrases stand out in the song? What is your favorite phrase or melody? Which sections are the fastest/slowest?
Handouts may include following: lyrics with certain target words missing, multiple choice sheets (mix in words not heard in song), and sheets showing the complete lyrics.
Listen to a song performed by Irina Bogushevskaya. The lyrics to the song is here:Я знаю, будет парад, сегодня будет парад,
Хватай фотоаппарат, бежим смотреть на парад!
И в Риге будет парад, и в Риме будет парад,
И в Рио тоже парад, и каждый счастлив и рад!
А на параде под цветными знамёнами в ряд,
Шагают клоуны смешные колоннами в ряд,
По всей планете приказ - нет больше армий у нас
И все, кто хочет войны, нам не нужны!
Все генералы, нарядившись зверюшками,
Идут, помахивают лапками-ушками!
Вот барабанщицы в ряд, а вот оркестры гремят,
И приглашают всех ребят на парад
Парад! Парад!
Мы ждали этого дня, мы все кричали «скорей!»
Сегодня слово «война» сотрут из всех словарей.
Сегодня в каждой стране домой отпустят солдат.
Сегодня в каждой стране начнётся этот парад.
Вон Чебурашка обнялся с Микки Маусом,
Жонглёры, кони, дрессировщик со страусом,
Ансамбли песни и пляски, мамашки с колясками
Пляшут-поют, гремит салют!
По всей планете люди самые разные в ряд,
Как малы дети все хохочут и празднуют в ряд,
Кругом петарды летят, кругом тромбоны трубят,
Теперь не будет войны, а лишь парад!
По всей планете парад, на целом свете парад!
Ведь сто столетий подряд мы ждали этот парад!
По всей Европе парад, и в Конотопе парад!
И в Каракасе парад, и в Гондурасе парад!
И в Каракасе парад, и в Гондурасе парад!
Парад! Парад!