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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