1. To accelerate learning
• Music helps to create a distinctive opening for
a lesson
• Music helps to establish rapport and positive
mood
• Music encourages states of mind that are
‘learning receptive’
2. • Songs
• It is not a question of doing them well. That they are
done at all is the important factor.
• Remember to...... tap, clap, click & move it!
• Use for... Pleasure, purpose presentation practice
• Clarification, consolidation
• Revision, relaxation
• injection of pace
• focused energy
• Challenge, involvement
• Motivation , meaningfulness
• Exploitation, relevance
3. • Songs also help in........
• Pronunciation
• Memorisation
• Building confidence
• Physical involvement
• Joining in
• Sorting out
• Performing
• Following
• Amending
• Completing
• Rebuilding
• Reinforcing
• Prediction
• Note-taking
• Adding ideas
• Repetition
• Grammatical clarification
4. Suggestions for teaching songs
• Show words line by line using powerpoint.
• Add pictures to reinforce meaning.
• Teach actions with the words to reinforce meaning and aid memorisation.
• Make children sing one line each in groups - easier than singing a whole verse.
• Make singing competitive e.g. boys / girls sing alternate lines.
• Use colour to split up lines on powerpoint (“this table sings the blue line”)
• Children can do actions without singing the song e.g. recognising specific sounds.
• Songs are ideal for a performance in assembly or to parents.
• Suggestions for teaching rhymes
• Use finger rhymes from the start in KS1 to familiarise children with sounds and
rhythm of the new language.
• Whole-class chanting builds up confidence.
• Use actions with the words to reinforce meaning and aid memorisation.
• Use different voices e.g. happy, sad, quiet, loud.
• Encourage children to perform rhymes to the class in pairs or groups.
5. • Languages Framework Objectives for Key
Stage One
• O.1 Develop listening and attention skills
• O.2 Listen with sustained concentration
• O.3 Understand the conventions of turn-
taking
• O.4 Copy language modelled by the teacher
or another speaker
6. KS2 Framework objectives that relate to songs
Oracy
O3.1 Listen and respond to simple rhymes, stories and songs
O4.3 Listen for sounds, rhyme and rhythm
O5.3 Listen attentively and understand more complex phrases and sentences
O6.1 Understand the main points … in a spoken story, song or passage
Literacy
L3.2 Make links between some phonemes, rhymes and spellings
L4.2 Follow a short familiar text, listening and reading at the same time
L5.3 Write words, phrases and short sentences, using a reference
L6.3 Match sound to sentences and paragraphs
Intercultural Understanding
IU3.4 Make indirect contact with the country where the language is spoken
IU4.3 Compare traditional stories
IU6.3 Present information about an aspect of culture
Language learning strategies
Communicating - practising language - memorising - applying prior knowledge
7. • Songs
• Traditional songs (IU)
• Songs written for language learners
• Songs to familiar tunes, to help memorise vocabulary
• Action songs
• Songs to tell a story
• Rhymes
• Finger and action rhymes for younger children
• Tongue twisters
• Counting out rhymes
• Simple poems
8. Les jours de la semaine
lundi, mardi, mercredi
jeudi, jeudi
lundi, mardi, mercredi
jeudi, vendredi
samedi, dimanche, samedi, dimanche
Lundi, mardi, mercredi
jeudi, vendredi
(tune: "Doodah " )
9. Directions: On y va!
2x Tourne à droite
Tourne à gauche
Va tout droit
2x À droite
À gauche
Tout droit
(tune: “Here we go“)
11. • Bleu, rouge, vert, jaune (x2)
• Bleu, rouge, vert (x2)
• Bleu, rouge, vert, jaune (x2)
• Bleu, rouge, vert (x2)
• tune “Frère Jacques”
• (use pieces of coloured paper for the words)
12. Weather
SongIl fait chaud
Il fait mauvais
Il fait froid (clap clap)
Il y a du vent
Il pleut
Il y a du soleil
Il neige
Il y a des nuages
Et un orage
Il y a du brouillard
Encore!
13. Il fait …….
Il fait ………
Il fait ……. (clap clap)
Il y a du ……
Il …….
Il y a du ……
Il ……..
Il y a des …….
Et un ………
Il y a du ………….
……!
Weather
Song
14. • A Calais il fait mauvais
• A Wimereux il fait beau
• A Saint-Omer il y a du vent
• A Boulogne il fait chaud.
• A Paris il fait mauvais
• A Saint-Malo il fait beau
• A Lyon il pleut encore
• A Marseille il fait chaud.
– Early Start 2
18. • Un kilomètre à pied,
• Ça use, ça use
• Un kilomètre à pied,
• Ça use les souliers.
• Deux kilomètres à pied ... etc
19. • Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire ? (x2)
• Janvier, février, mars (x2)
• Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire ? (x2)
• Avril, mai, juin (x2)
• Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire ? (x2)
• Juillet, août, septembre (x2)
• Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire ? (x2)
• Octobre, novembre, décembre. (x2)
• Ça y est !
– Un kilo de chansons
20. • Toc, toc, toc knock on door
• Dring, dring push doorbell
• Tournez, tournez turn handle
• Ouvrez la porte open door
• Bonjour! hold up hand
• Children repeat each line after you,
• with actions.
• Use different voices: happy, sad, excited,
• cross, nervous, baby, spooky, robot.
21. • French counting out rhymes
• Une oie - deux oies - trois oies - quatre oies -
cinq oies - six oies - sept oies
• (“sept oies”” is pronounced like c’est toi - it’s
you)
• Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept. Tu es
une omelette !
• Un deux trois, soleil!
22. Number rap
• 1 2 3 il ne fait pas froid
• 4 5 6 j’adore les saucisses
• 7 8 9 j’ai horreur du boeuf
• Et numéro 10 on va en Suisse !
–Monsieur X
23. • Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds
• Genoux et pieds
• Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds
• Genoux et pieds
• Et les yeux, les oreilles, la bouche
• Et le nez
• Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds
• Genoux et pieds.
24. • La belle au bois dormant
• 1. La belle, la belle au bois dormant, bois dormant, bois
dormant
• La belle, la belle au bois dormant, bois dormant.
– La belle, la belle prends garde à toi, garde à toi, garde à
toi !
– La méchante, méchante fée arrive, fée arrive, fée arrive.
– Elle jette son sort : Tu dors cent ans ! dors cent ans !
dors cent ans !
– La haie d’épines grandit, grandit, grandit, grandit,
grandit, grandit.
– Le prince arrive, il voit la belle, voit la belle, voit la belle.
– La belle, la belle, ouvre les yeux ! ouvre les yeux ! ouvre
les yeux !
– La belle épouse son prince charmant, prince charmant,
prince charmant.
25. –Four children can act this out, with
props, while the others sing.
–La belle - Beauty
–La méchante fée - the bad fairy
–La haie d’épines - the hedge of thorns
–Le prince - the prince
26. • Un, deux, trois
• Nous irons au bois
• Quatre, cinq, six
• Cueillir des cerises
• Sept, huit, neuf
• Dans mon panier neuf
• Dix, onze, douze
• Elles seront toutes rouges.
27. • Number rap
• 1 2 3 il ne fait pas froid
• 4 5 6 j’adore les saucisses
• 7 8 9 j’ai horreur du boeuf
• Et numéro 10 on va en Suisse !
– Monsieur X
28. • Deux petits oiseaux
• Assis sur une branche
• Je m’appelle Fifi
• Je m’appelle Blanche.
• Bonjour Fifi
• Bonjour Blanche
• Au revoir Fifi
• Au revoir Blanche.
• « Two little dicky birds «
29. • Le fermier dans son pré x2
ohé, ohé, ohé,
le fermier dans son pré
• Le fermier prend sa femme ...
• La femme prend son enfant ...
• L’enfant prend sa nourrice ...
• La nourrice prend son chat ...
• Le chat pend sa souris ...
• La souris prend son rat ...
• Le rat prend son fromage ...
• Le fromage est battu
30. • Games to focus attention
• Copy, Detectives, Change/Switch, Counting 8,
54321
• Activities/Games to help with the elements
of music
• Duration (long/short/ pulse/beat, rhythm )
31. • Pulse
• Play any music for a few minutes and tap the
pulse on different parts of the body.
• Vary the types of music
• Always mention PULSE ( the beat of the
music)
• Rhythms
• Make up different patterns to fit with the
music; use voices as well.
• Watch for children’s patterns and use them
• Keep them simple
32. • Ostinato…… repeated patterns
• Choose any topics e.g. food, football teams, etc
• Move onto sentences to make longer ostinatos
• Use the syllables of their names to categorise the class
• Ann, John etc 1 syllable
• Nadine, Joanne etc 2 syllables with short first one
• Andrew, Hewa, etc 2 syllables
• Samantha, Jetinda etc 3 syllables with short first one!
• Christopher, Jamie-lee, Slogini etc 3 straight syllables
33. • “Order in the Court, (clap clap)
• The judge is at the Bench,(clap clap)
• His wife is in the bath tub
• Learning to count in French!(clap clap)”
• Use this rhyme as a counting game. E.g.After
speaking rhyme then count in twos to 50/ or
count backwards/ or count to ten in a
different language. Then repeat the rhyme.
34. • 5,4,3,2,1
• 5 taps of the knees,5 claps, 5clicks
• repeat counting 4, then 3 then 2 then just 1
• Then begin at 1 and continue until 5. start one
half of the class at 5 and the other half at 1.
The two groups should end up together on 1.
• Use with un deux trois quatre cinq
• Genoux – knees
• Les mains- hands
• Les doigts – fingers
• Tapez les genoux / cliquez les doigts
35. • Dynamics (loud/soft sounds) Triangle beater game
• . Choose a child to hide their eyes. Hide a beater
with another child. The first child walks around the
circle slowly. The rest of the children clap at a set
speed to help them find it. As the child gets closer to
the beater so the clapping becomes “louder” (plus
fort) not “faster” (trop vite – too fast) When the
beater is found then choose different children and
continue.
• Practise clapping a pulse set by you. Practise
clapping it softly and then loudly. (Children will
always go faster for loud!) But practise and praise
the good ones. Only do a little at a time!
• Lentement = slowly / doucement = softly
36. • Have fun with tricky words!
• Make them silly – repeated 4 times
• Different voices
• Like an opera singer, different moods.
• Use puppets – 1 gets it right one gets it wrong.
• Children can ‘help’ the one who can’t get it
right.....
37. Cinq petits vers
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 vers, 5 petits vers
1 - 2- 3 - 4 - 5 vers dans la terre
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 (slurp) vers, 4 petits vers
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 (slurp) vers dans la terre
1 - 2 - 3 (slurp, slurp) vers, 3 petits vers
1 - 2 - 3 (slurp, slurp) vers dans la terre
1 - 2 (slurp, slurp, slurp) vers, 2 petits vers
1 - 2 (slurp, slurp, slurp) vers dans la terre
Un petit ver sans ami
Un petit ver, sans ami dans la terre
Introduce the song whilst pointing to the different visuals.
Encourage the children to repeat each item of vocabulary using a range of silly voices.
Sing the song again and encourage the children to join in with what they can.
Sing the song again but this time pretend you ar losing your memory and cannot remember some of the words. Can the children help?
Have another go and miss more words.
This time say that you remember the song thanks to their help and you are going to sing it on your own one more time. Sing the song but change the order of the words e.g. ciseaux, bâteau or Bâteau, bâteau or ciseaux, ciseaux
The children will tell you straight away that you are getting it wrong! Pretend to be very surprised and say that you thought it sounded fine, that you were still in tune. Can they tell why? You might have to prompt them.
Point out that ciseaux and bateau have the same number of syllables and that you can swap them in the song.
Divide the children into groups and give each group a set of visuals. Sing the song in a different order. Can they put the correct cards in front of them as they hear the song? Have a few go at this. You can use the next slide for this as well, by dragging and dropping the pictures into whatever order you like.
Next, ask each group to create their own song using the visuals cards. They might want to sing their version to the rest of the class. Again, you could use the next slide for this