Jazz chants!

Jazz chants! I totally forgot about them. We had the Jazz Chants book in my very first staffroom. Such a great way to get students to think about the difference in stress between their languages and English. I searched through some old files and found this old favourite for my students in Madrid. That's tomorrow's class sorted! Thanks!

Sally speaks Spanish, but not very well.
When she tries to speak Spanish
you really can't tell
what language she's speaking
or trying to speak.
The first time I heard her,
I thought it was Greek!

Such fun!

(from Jazz Chants by Carolyn Graham)

Comments

  1. Julia BlinovaNovember 15, 2017 at 5:35 AM

    Love the chant! Let us know what your students think of it.

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  2. Francesca Di MambroNovember 15, 2017 at 5:43 AM

    Will do Julia!

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  3. Francesca Di MambroNovember 15, 2017 at 5:55 AM

    I loved Anne's idea of using a metronome. Challenging and fun. Anne Hendler

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  4. Walton BurnsNovember 16, 2017 at 10:45 AM

    I think too many students worry about accent and very few focus on prosody, which actually has a larger impact on intelligibility in my opinion. At least for me, growing up near New York, I'm used to hearing English in every accent imaginable. But getting the rhythm of language down right can be hard,. Plus doing rhythm work can also be a way of being playful with language.

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  5. Julia BlinovaNovember 16, 2017 at 10:50 AM

    Walton Burns I totally agree with you. I believe there is research that supports your point of view too.

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  6. Hannah McCullochNovember 17, 2017 at 2:37 AM

    Hi Francesca, great little chant there! How did it go? I think if the teacher is enthusiastic about something, the students will be, too :)

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