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Publication Date: 2024
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Sing My Story: Lyrics and Music as Storytelling for Language Learners
Angela Lee-Smith
NECTFL Review, n92 p181-196 2024
This article explores how music and lyrics serve as modes of storytelling in the language classroom, integrating a multimodal approach and the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages. In the 'Sing My Story' project, language students creatively write their own lyrics, which are subsequently performed by either student musicians or target language-speaking musicians within the school community. This initiative encourages students at the Intermediate or Advanced proficiency levels to collaboratively produce a music album, creating narrative lyrics for existing songs. Through this project, students are provided with opportunities for meaningful language application, fostering creative and transformative language learning experiences.
Descriptors: Music, Singing, Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Program Descriptions, Musical Composition, Standards, Multiple Literacies, Music Education, Musicians, Transformative Learning, Language Proficiency, Korean, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Workshops
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2400 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214. e-mail: info@nectfl.org; Web site: https://www.nectfl.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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