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In order to prepare for an upcoming workshop, I\u2019ve been creating some materials for using songs in the language classroom. \u00a0While I incorporated several songs during my last two years in the classroom (I blogged some of my lessons here<\/a>), I wanted to add a few more ideas for my workshop participants. \u00a0Fortunately, some awesome language teachers out there have blogged lots of great suggestions for using songs and I relied heavily on ideas shared by others (see bibliography below). \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One activity that I hadn\u2019t had time to prepare when I was in the classroom was a Picture Talk with a music video.  (Click here<\/a> for a great explanation of Picture Talk.) In order to demonstrate this strategy, I chose the song, Je te le donne <\/em>by Vitaa as the video illustrates a sweet story that I thought would be engaging to students.  To implement this strategy, I would use the screenshots in this Google Slides Presentation<\/a> to narrate the narrative depicted in the video.  I have included a few questions on the slides, to help guide the Picture Talk.  As directed on slide #23, I would not show the actual video until we had discussed the first 22 slides, as a way of building anticipation. While I created this Picture Talk with Intermediate learners in mind, the questions could easily be modified for Novices.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the Picture Talk presentation, I prepared this document<\/a> with additional activities that could be used when using this song with Intermediate learners.  On the first day, I would lead a short discussion of the pre-reading questions and then play the song (without showing the video). Although not included on the document, I would create a cloze activity for the students to complete as they listened. After going over the cloze activity, I would have the students complete the interpretive activities (B & C). If time permits, I would then have the students complete one of the presentational writing activities, although this could also be assigned for homework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the second day, I would have the students do the pre-viewing collaborative storyboard activity in preparation for the Picture Talk. Following the Picture Talk, I would have the students complete the interpersonal and then presentational activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For other great ideas on using songs in the classroom, here\u2019s the bibliography I compiled for my presentation:
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