MUSIC VOCABULARY

Shared by Marta Gómez:

Think of an activity you will carry out in class and explain what you want your students to produce in terms of communication.

You can include the following:

-vocabulary and structures:

-format: oral, written

-discourse type (narrative, descriptive…)

        The activity could be done once the students already know some vocabulary or contents about music and general vocabulary. It consists on choosing one song and to apply their knowledge to analyze it musically based on a guide that the teacher gives them. For that activity, a classroom with computers and access to the Internet is required.

        They should use the vocabulary in music that they’ve already learnt (or should have learnt) in class but they have to apply to the selected song so they can notice that when we study music we don’t talk only about classical music, their knowledge could be applied to the music they like.

        They use a written format while they are preparing their project but, once they finish it would be very interesting that the students could expose their analysis to the rest of the class, so oral communication is used for this activity too.

        The discourse type would be descriptive but using vocabulary and expressions learnt previously. This activity is a very good way to know if the students have learnt the main contents explained in class and to know which contents and vocabulary  need to be reinforced.