MSBK_AA3A Music in a Language Classroom

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0.7/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Šárka Dohnalová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Šárka Dohnalová
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present and practice the possibilities of using music in teaching very young learners (3-8 year-olds) from rhythm with movement, clapping rhythms, humming melodies, chanting words in rhythms, singing easy to a bit more difficult songs suitable for VYL either with a CD, karaoke version or own accompaniment.
Syllabus
  • 1. rhythm 2. rhythm and movement 3. clapping 4. repeating sounds 5. soundtracking 6. humming melodies 7. chanting 8. jazz chants 9. simple songs (textbook songs) 10. original VYL songs
Literature
  • GRAHAM, Carolyn. Creating chants and songs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 164 s. ISBN 0194422364. info
  • GRAHAM, Carolyn. Jazz chant fairy tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, 2 CD. ISBN 9780194386067. info
  • GRAHAM, Carolyn. Jazz chants : old and new. Edited by Marilyn S. Rosenthal. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, xi, 84. ISBN 0194366944. info
  • GRAHAM, Carolyn. Bad boy : the story of Budulinek. Illustrated by Hana Phillips Knoblochová. Vydání první. Voznice: LEDA, 1999, 62 stran. ISBN 8085927675. info
  • GRAHAM, Carolyn. Mother Goose jazz chants. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, 1 CD. ISBN 9780194340106. info
  • GRAHAM, Carolyn. Jazz chant fairy tales. Illustrated by Mimi Brennan - Marybeth Farrell - John O'Brien. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988, vii, 120. ISBN 0194342980. info
  • GRAHAM, Carolyn. Jazz Chants for Children. Illustrated by A. Veltfort. Oxford: University Press, 1979, 84 s. ISBN 0-19-502497-4. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every other week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
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