Why Music?

Music as a Universal Language...
There is no "one size fits all" approach to teaching language learners.... but music???  Come on.... it's pretty close!

You don't even need to be a musician to use music!  You just have to ask your students what is on their playlists.

What Does Research Tell Us? 

Here are just a few of the many benefits of music.  Music can...
  • establish a positive learning state and release tension and add an element of fun that motivates students to learn
  • create a desired atmosphere (calm, energized, celebratory)​ and/or change brain wave states
  • build a sense of anticipation (....and the math mystery we are solving is...)
  • accentuate theme-oriented units with a multisensory learning experience (cell theme song anyone?)
  • increase attention to content and memory of concepts

Music can...enhance imagination, align groups, develop rapport, provide inspiration, and add an element of fun 


Source: Chris Brewer in 2005 Music and Learning in Music in the Classroom by Eugenia Papaioannou  2016
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Why might music integration be ideal for your language learners?

1)  Read the research card on your table
2) Discuss connection between music and language.
3) Mingle and find a group with mixed colors
4) Share ideas

Could students use performance to recount concepts?

Classroom Music Integration Demos

App and Tool Exploration

This is what I used to record the metamorphosis song you heard.

Consider the WIDA Essential Actions for Academic Language Success

How can the music strategies and apps examined today support these actions for academic language success?  

Music strategies and apps can help __________.  For example, _______.
One could use music to _____________, as related to action ____.
I can connect music to action _______ in that _________.

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​Michele Yanong
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