Songs and Games Optional PDF
Songs and Games Optional PDF
Songs and Games Optional PDF
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I. ARGUMENT
Students learn words in a variety of ways. Success in learning often depends on the number of
senses which are used in the learning process. (Allen, 1983, p.7) Songs and Games is an
optional course designed to involve a learning type that activates all our senses. The large use
of songs and games involve the five traditional senses: the songs the hearing, while the
games the hearing, taste, smell, touch and sight.
It is well known that learning and memorizing words is not an easy task especially for young
learners. Songs and games are ideal in helping them to look at word acquisition as a desirable
activity.
Children seem to learn new words very quickly, but they will forget quickly, so it is very
important to give them lots of practice of vocabulary to help them remember. Since mere
practicing can be extremely boring and tiring to young learners, teachers should be creative,
they should wrap practicing in games, role plays and in singing songs, activities that seem to
be just fun and play but in fact involve real learning. Just like Mary Poppins method for
unpleasant jobs:
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way.
(A Spoonful Of Sugar is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film and the musical versions of Mary Poppins,
composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.)
The optional course Songs and Games focuses on teaching, improving and putting
vocabulary into practice. It comes with a collection of songs and games that are meant to add a
patch of colour to the lessons. There is nothing that engages children more than teaching
English through play. A bored class will take in less than half of what a teacher says and retain
none of it. An attentive, involved and interested class on the other hand, learning through fun
English games and songs, will retain most of what they are being taught during the lesson.
Even though it seems time demanding and extra work to prepare the lessons which involve
songs and games (because of the aids, extra materials) if we have in mind the outcome of these
classes happy learners, whose knowledge gets richer with every English class it is worth
every effort.
Greetings
Furniture
Body parts
Food
Colours
Jobs
Numbers
School objects
Clothes
Animals
Family
Rooms in a house
STRUCTURES:
Personal pronouns
COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS:
To greet people
To express abilities
Cooperation
Healthy competitiveness
V. ASSESSMENT METHODS
Singing songs
Mini-project activities
Portfolio
VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abbs, B., Worrall, A., Ward, A. Splash!, Longman, 2010
Dootey, Jenny & Evans,Virginia, Fairyland, Express Publishing, 2008
Halliwell, Susan. Teaching English in the Primary Classroom, Longman, 1996
Super Simple Songs a collection of childrens songs
Childrens Spectacular, Musicbank Limited, Norfolk, 2005 a collection of childrens songs
and stories
INTERNET RESOURCES
1. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
2. http://www.english-4kids.com/articles/gameslearningsyles.html
3. http://www.DreamEnglish.com
4. http://www.kididdles.com/
5. http://edition.tefl.net/category/ideas/vocab/
6. http://englishvocabularylists.blogspot.ro/2011/06/action-verbs.html
7. http://www.esl-galaxy.com/music.htm
MODULE
HELLO, HELLO, HOW ARE
YOU?
2.
MY UNIVERS
CONTENTS
SPECIFIC
ABILITIES
NO.
OF
HOU
RS
I Love Mommy!
OBS.
The
number
1.1, 1.2,
of hours
2.1, 2.2,
and
3.1, 3.2,
weeks has
5.1
to be
adjusted
Structures:
Present Simple of the verb to be
Cardinal numeral: 1 12
Adjectives
Vocabulary: family members, jobs, food, body
parts, everyday activities, action verbs, colours
according
to the
current
1
school
year
and Girls!
WEEK
Communicative functions:
To give instructions
7
1.1, 1.2,
planning.
My Daddy Is A
Mechanic!
3.
Look at My Umbrella!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
4.
2.1, 2.2,
3.1, 3.2,
4.1
5.1
1
1
2
1.1, 1.2,
2.1, 2.2,
5.1, 5.3
2.3
5.3
SECOND SEMESTER
No.
1.
2.
MODULE
TIME FOR SCHOOL!
My Schoolbag
Communicative functions:
To identify elements from the familiar
English Is Fun!
universe
Lets Do It!
To locate objects
To give instructions
Tick, Tack, Goes The
Structures:
Clock!
The imperative
Possessive adjectives
HOME, SWEET HOME!
Vocabulary: rooms in the house, furniture,
Welcome To My House clothes, pets, food
3.
CONTENTS
To locate objects
Pounce! Pounce!
To describe places and animals
Pounce!
Structures:
Demonstrative adjectives
Mommy, this Is
Present Simple affirmative, negative,
Yummy!
interrogative
Prepositions of place
A DAY OUT
SPECIFIC
ABILITIES
NO. OF
HOURS
WEEK
OBS.
The
1.1, 1.2,
number
2.1, 2.2,
of hours
3.1, 3.2,
and
4.1
weeks has
5.1
to be
adjusted
according
to the
current
1.1, 1.2,
school
2.1, 2.2,
year
3.1, 3.2,
planning.
4.1
5.1
4.
SUMMERS AT THE
CORNER!
My Favourite Season
Lets Go To The
1
1
Communicative functions:
To identify elements from the familiar
universe
To express likes and dislikes
To describe animals
Structures:
Adjectives
1.1, 1.2,
2.1, 2.2,
3.1, 3.2,
4.1
1
Plurals of nouns
LETS GO FISHING!
Communicative functions:
To express likes and dislikes
To describe places
Structures:
Adjectives
The model verb can
Revision of the previous content board game,
Revision
competition
Beach!
5.
animals, food
1.1, 1.2,
2.1, 2.2,
3.1, 3.2,
5.1, 5.3
1
2.3, 5.3
10
11