If youre happy and you know it: The vocal that we have chosen to develop the ocular and kinesthetic intelligence is If youre happy and you know it McQuinn, 2009. It is a vocal in which kids have to construe the actions while they are singing it and watching the picture. They will develop interpersonal and lingual intelligencesince they will work in groups and order vocal wordss as they like. In order to develop intrapersonal intelligence they can seek on the cyberspace the topographic points matching to the vocal salutations, and even look up new ways to state hello/goodbye. Thankss to that, they will besides better their acquisition to larn competency.
B. There was an old lady vocal: The baby's room rime There was an old lady who swallowed a fly ( Mills & A ; Bonne, 1953 ) is good to state a narrative, to larn vocabulary related to animate beings and to present past simple to kids ( lingual intelligence ) . We will see the picture which will be demoing the animate beings at the same clip that the vocal is being played ( ocular intelligence ) . Then, we will sing the vocal together and dramatise the animate beings doing the corresponding motions and sounds ( kinesthetic intelligence ) .
We will manus out the vocal wordss and explain that a really good manner to retrieve vocabulary is fiting it with the image ( intrapersonal intelligence ) . Then, each group will sing the vocal, which they have created, with the same modulation as the original one ( musical intelligence ) .c. The elephant 's vocal: Our kids can develop several intelligences with this vocal The elephant 's vocal ( Herman, 2006 ) . Children will hold to pay attending to the drawings seen on the picture since Herman describes the abilities of the animate beings but in a incorrect manner ( ocular intelligence ) .
They will sing once more performing actions of the vocal ( kinesthetic intelligence ) . They will larn vocabulary on carnal abilities and characteristics. ( lingual intelligence ) .d.
Rainstorm: This activity consists of `` forming sounds to stand for thoughts and compose and execute a musical image '' ( Paterson & A ; Willis, 2008, p. 82 ) . They will be told a narrative at the same clip a image will be drawn on the board ( lingual and ocular intelligence ) . Afterwards, they will hold to stand for each action with sounds and organic structure 's motions ( musical and kinesthetic intelligence ) . Finally, they will speak about conditions from other states or other metropoliss ( interpersonal intelligence ) .e.
Adventure chant: Adventure chant is an activity `` to inquire inquiries and respond in a chant utilizing the past simple ; to better pronunciation accomplishments ; to memorise the past simple signifier ; to make and compose a similar escapade chant '' ( Read, 2007, p.199 ) . This activity develops ocular intelligence because kids will watch character 's images. They will besides better their lingual intelligences as they will reply inquiries harmonizing to the images.
And, in the terminal, musical and intrapersonal intelligences will be enhanced as kids will make a chant and sing it to the remainder of the category.
4.3. Follow-up Activities
a. God save the Queen: The British anthem God save the Queen is aimed for our scholars to develop their interpersonal, musical and lingual intelligences.Students will larn the sociocultural background of the vocal and will reexamine vocabulary. They will be arranged in braces, so they will be handed out the wordss of the vocal from the picture ( 2007 ) jumbled up and they will hold to rearrange the poetries in the right order and sing it.B. Who 's got the cocoa? Who 's got the cocoa is a chanting game adapted from a West Indian game: Who stole the cooky from the cooky jar ( Read, 2007, p. 195-196 ) .
They will better musical and lingual competency as they will intone and execute the vocal slapping their articulatio genuss to do the beat and consolidate linguistic communication points.c. Three Crows: The vocal Three Crows refers to the crows which lived in the Tower of London ( Madrid & A ; McLaren, 1995, p. 245-246 ) . Students will pattern musical and lingual intelligence as they will hold to order disorderly words of wordss and concentrate on beat and modulation.
In add-on, they will cognize a little more about English civilization developing interpersonal intelligence. Finally, they will make a image lexicon with the new words bettering their intrapersonal intelligence.d. She sells seashells: This vocal She sells seashells ( Sullivan, 1908 ) is a tongue tornado. It consolidates vocabulary of the beach and helps to separate /s/ and /E?/ phonemes developing lingual intelligence.
First of all, scholars will watch the picture bettering their ocular intelligence. In circle, they will leap and sing the vocal following its beat turning musical and kinesthetic intelligence. Finally, pupils will seek more tongue tornados on the cyberspace, do a vocal for them and sing them to the remainder of the category development, accordingly, intrapersonal intelligence.e. Beauty and the Beast: The popular Disney vocal, Beauty and the Beast ( Ashman, 1991 ) helps pupils develop lingual, musical, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences. They will hold to think losing words from vocal wordss.
Furthermore, our scholars will hold to pay attending to rhythm, pronunciation and modulation. They will work on the words that rhyme and they will larn vocabulary of the wordss doing sentences about their personal life utilizing each word they do non cognize approximately.
4.4. Pedagogical deductions
Using vocals, rimes, chants and anthems in schoolroom encourages unconscious larning boosting, therefore, the acquisition of a 2nd linguistic communication. These 1s foster receptive and productive accomplishment, and above all pronunciation.Music helps to actuate our scholars and make a pleasant ambiance, cardinal factors in a schoolroom. Furthermore, vocals teach scholars about English civilization.
5. Reasoning Remarks
English is a cardinal linguistic communication in this multicultural society. English is considered to be a lingua franca, a common linguistic communication which helps us pass on with foreign people. Teaching English should get down from the beginnings of instruction because the Oklahoman you learn a linguistic communication the better due to the malleability of encephalon which is more flexible the younger you are ( Lenneberg, 1967 ) .Music is and has ever been present in our life. Linguisticss and music has been integrated in our civilization. Music is besides important in the physiological development of human existences: kids show particular abilities in the development of musical accomplishments ; they recognise pitch forms and rhythm really easy ( Campbell, 2001 ) . Songs, chants, nursery rimes and anthems can demo pupils English talking states ' characteristics and experience more tolerant towards them.As an English instructor for Primary school, I have the experience that it is really of import to actuate pupils to larn.
If kids feel bored in category they will non hold the purpose to larn. Consequently, they will deflect themselves and their schoolmates. It is a must of the instructor to be after categories and activities which are suited to scholars ' demands.For that ground, as we have seen, music is relevant in Primary English instruction. We have designed originative gratifying musical activities to larn this 2nd linguistic communication. These activities are divided in three chief groups: warming up activities to show new vocabulary and construction, development activities to promote the four accomplishments and follow up activities to consolidate the chief linguistic communication issues.
We have taken into history the Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner in 1983 to grounds our hypothesis: instruction English through music is more gratifying and it consequences in better linguistic communication acquisition ; utilizing a qualitative methodological analysis. We have proposed several activities seeking to cover the undermentioned intelligences: lingual and musical intelligence, visual/spatial and kinesthetic intelligences and interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence.Every scholar has his ain acquisition manner ( Pinter, 2006 ) . Songs, nursery rhymes, chants and anthems are musical elements really appropriate to the digest of activities since each scholar possesses typical educative demands owing to manifold single and societal factors. As warming up activities, we have chosen both traditional and modern vocals which are equal to show the new vocabulary, to pattern modulation, beat and pronunciation and to develop kinesthetic and interpersonal competencies.
As development activities, we have selected If you 're happy and you know it to construe the wordss with their organic structure ; There was an old lady to pattern new constructions and vocabulary ; The elephant 's vocal to develop the ocular competency ; Rainstorm to expose a musical representation ; and Adventure chant to develop their intrapersonal intelligence. Finally, as follow-up activities, we have decided to make the anthem God save the Queen, the chanting game Who 's got the cocoa? , the vocal Three Crows, the lingua tornado She sells seashells and the popular Disney vocal Beauty and the Beast. These vocals are suited to develop interpersonal, lingual, musical, intrapersonal, ocular and kinesthetic competencies.Using music for the instruction of a 2nd linguistic communication is non merely a utile pedagogical thought, but besides a necessary tool because it creates a calmed and actuating environment, it develops receptive and productive accomplishments, and it develops memory fruitfully.
