Songs and Poetry for ESL

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Songs and Poetry for ESL5 Little Speckled FrogsFive little speckled frogs (Hold up and bop five fingers)Sat on a speckled logeating a most delicious bug (Pick off and eat bug)Yum, yum, yum (Rub tummy)One jumped into the pool (One finger motions hopping into pool)where it was nice and cool,Then there were four green speckled frogs (Hold up four fingers)Glub, Glub, GlubSing down to 0 frogs - last line then is:Glub, Glub, Glub - G - L - U - B (deep voice)Ruth Wickham, Brighton Education Training Fellow29
Songs and Poetry for ESLBut I can't sing ...OK, let's talk about this.1. Firstly - Yes, you CAN!! I don't believe that there is something wrong with your voice and youcan't make the sounds.The problem is not with your voice, it's with your ears. You can't hear your own voice well enough tomake the necessary adjustments - especially when people around you are also singing! You needsome practice in safe places - in the shower, in your car, somewhere where your voice bounces backto you off the walls. Go to a town where you are not known and do lots of karaoke!2. Secondly - it doesn't matter. The kids don't care, as long as they are having fun. No one is askingyou to go on 'The Voice' (well, not yet), and you will improve as your confidence grows and as youstart to hear yourself more clearly.3. Thirdly - the rhythm is more important than the tune. You are teaching language, not music, andit is the rhythm of the song or poem that is most important. The tune, if you can manage one, adds'sparkle' and aids memory.So ... can't I just do poems? (I hear you say)Well, yes, you should do poems ... as well. Don't skip the songs!So ... why can't I just use recorded music? (that was you again)You can. Yes, yes you can. And children will grow up even if you feed them nothing but snack foods... Recorded music is fine SOME of the time.They will learn better, and learn more, your lessons will develop a wonderful life of their own, youwill (in the end) enjoy yourself if you sing and get your students to sing with you. Really! So, don't belazy - give it a go, for the sake of the kids.When you are using Popular music, then is is generally best to use a recording, but those lessonshave a different purpose.Ruth Wickham, Brighton Education Training Fellow30
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