"An attempt to integrate the teaching of the English language & ICT, using MUSIC as a mere pretext."


Tuesday, February 27, 2018

NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Have a look at the following picture:


What is it?
...............
Yes, you are right!
It is a musical instrument.

But, is it...
1.- ... a Percussion instrument? (= triangle, xylophone, drum, ...)
2.- ... a Wind instrument? (=accordion, clarinet, flute, trumpet, tuba, ...)
3.- ... a Stringed instrument? (= viola, ukulele, mandolin, ...)
4.- ... an Electronic instrument? (= keyboard, electronic organ, ...)



Do you know the name of that classical instrument?

a) a guitar        b) a banjo       c) a harp        d) a violin

Yes, you are right again!

The VIOLIN is a wooden stringed instrument.

In your opinion, 

Violins are used in ...
a) Classical music    b) Flamenco music   c) Reggaeton music    d) Pop music     e) Celtic music

Ooops!! SORRY!!
Now you are wrong!!

Because...
NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Violins are generally related to Classical Music, 
but violins are important musical instruments 
in a wide variety of musical styles.

TASK.-
*As an example of it, watch the following videos 
and match the number of the videos 
with its corresponding musical styles:

a) Reggaeton    b) Pop music     c) Flamenco     d) Celtic music     e) Hard-rock

VIDEO
MUSICAL  STYLE
1
......
2
......
3
......
4
......
5
......

VIDEO - 1


VIDEO - 2


VIDEO - 3


VIDEO - 4


VIDEO - 5


*****

Remember that...

NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Because...
Violins are much more than classical music!
;-)

Enjoy the VIOLINS!
Enjoy the MUSIC!
.

Saturday, February 10, 2018

THANK YOU

THANK YOU !!

Do you know the song "THANK YOU"
by the English singer DIDO??



We share here a Project about the song "Thank You",
carried out by one of our students.

It is an excellent example of a Good Educative Practice 
in our English Classroom at CEPA "Edrissis", Ceuta (Spain).

His author is YUSEF ABDEL-LAH MOHAMED,
a 21-year-old student of English in "Secondary Education for Adults".
(February, 2017)



On his own words...
This piece of work fulfills all the objectives foreseen
in the development of this task-based project:

"El proyecto me ha brindado la oportunidad 
de trabajar con ámbitos que me apasionan:
las nuevas tecnologías e internet, 
la música y la lengua inglesa".
                                                            YUSEF  

***

As a summary of all the online sites used.
we can observe the following Word-Cloud:


As the result of the combination of all of them,
dealing with the MUSIC in ENGLISH
and different selected tools on INTERNET,
this is the final product.

We hope you like it!!



Justo to finish, and in case you don't know it,
 listen to the song "Thank you", by Dido
and watch her official video-clip:




***

Thank You, Yusef !!

Thank you for your enthusiasm
and sharing your project with us all!

;-)

And finally, after enjoying the project "THANK YOU" carried out by our friend, we think it is the right moment to have a look at the process of the elaboration of the Project "My Song".



Good luck!! 
and... 
Good Projects!!

*-*-*-*