English songs in the Primary English Classroom Teaching

The first chapter studies the problem
Songs with a unique cultural connotation and artistic charm, its application in English language teaching in primary schools, primary and secondary school students can tune in to be happy aesthetic pleasure and enhance the emotional experience, to accept the art of infection, to enhance memory, which greatly enhance the learning of English interest and effectiveness. Songs in different genres, rhythms, melodies incorporate the content of different subjects, ethnic style, learning to sing the background of the times and conditions of the object, it will show different results. In teaching primary school age if we do not consider the characteristics of the objective factors, not considering the content of songs and the effective integration of teaching, mechanically, or want to use songs, on the neglect of teaching science, English songs should have made the art of influence can not be play a primary and secondary school students learning English can not be an effective incentive, the results are not conducive to teaching objectives and the achievement of teaching and learning performance.
However, in teaching practice, we noted that a number of options and as a result of improper use of English songs have a real problem.
Chapter II Background and Literature Review
Section I Background
Teaching is our primary and secondary school students, so I chose the English language must be suitable for children, singing songs, as songs for children of primary school students in various aspects of learning that can be played by the healthy growth inspired other incentives can not be substituted by the song. The choice of songs for children are also more conducive to multiple intelligences of students to play and promote the effectiveness of learning. To this end, we should also be foreign to those original children's songs and well-known works as the preferred teaching excellence.
Section II Literature Review
1.20 during the 70 century, British India, NS Prabhu linguists Bangalore in India, the South region of 8 - 12-year-old primary school children took a 5-year experiment with strong communicative approach, and knowledge of the language can and will necessarily result in communicative activities of "learning."
2.Herbert H. Clark (1996 years), said: "Language is used for doing things." The purpose of learning a language in isolation is not the language of memory knowledge, but should be appropriate to learn how to use the language of the things required to do so.
3. To perform the task as the center of language education through the 20th century, the 80's foreign language teaching second language acquisition researchers and researchers in a large number of research and practice based on the past, have had a significant impact model of language teaching. The model is communication over the past 20 years the development of teaching as a form of thinking, it applied the basic concept of language into a new type of practical significance with classroom teaching.
Chapter III of the study
Section I use the songs for the main reason for teaching in primary education
1, English songs to enhance student interest in learning English
Is a kind of emotional interest. If a person interested in things, which can promote his actively seeking to satisfy his interest in things. If children can learn English have a keen interest in English learning and memory is the most active and most effective and lasting way. On the one hand, in view of the majority of the kids like the lively, cheerful songs; On the other hand, primary and secondary school students made less, it is difficult in a 40-minute classroom lectures with rapt attention. Well, teachers do not intend it to the attention of students interested to note that in a timely manner and inserted in the classroom teaching of songs, the study will enable the reduction of tension, but also attention to the students together, but also ruled out because the form of a single word or to learn English grammar the students will feel boring, boring, and lost interest in learning. Teaching through the songs so that students have tasted the joy of learning, but also was excited about the mood of pleasant experience even when they are interested in learning, resulting in further study of the wishes and requirements. Which will also study more efficient. If a teacher has the students progress, success can be commended and encouraged, while students desire and determination to be more strongly, and progress will be faster results. 2, can be studied to help students remember the words and sentences by listening to English songs, learning to sing English songs in English, is teaching English in primary schools effective way. English songs because朗朗上口, students are keenly interested in, they will be on their way to and from school, they think of at any time and place of singing, which is a free review and consolidation of the meaning, you can help them remember learn the words and sentence patterns, but will also extend to the class of extra-curricular teaching. Through singing English songs, easy to arouse emotions and imagination of students, in the unconscious state can gain a better teaching results. Also to avoid the students in learning and memory, found it boring vocabulary. Education figures, such as One, two, three ... ... ten hours, teachers can use a number of English song "Ten Little Indians", the number of teaching before teaching the song, a song released, and that the pace easy and enjoyable deeply attracted students. At the same time, to design a sign to indicate the different figures and sing with them. In this way, unconsciously, the students have mastered the initial one, two, three ... ... ten figures. On this basis, they are to learn the number of one - ten on the easier. In this way, by allowing students to learn to sing English songs in English, help students to consolidate knowledge. 3, can help students learn English voice and tone of English and Chinese languages belong to different not only in language structure, language and so a lot of differences, voice, tone is also a great difference. Some Chinese people say that the sentence is, but foreigners do not feel authentic sounds, voice and tone is not in place, so we English teaching in primary schools as an important task is to train students in good voice, tone. Songs to teach the students is to train students in voice, a good way to tone, songs clearly showed the characteristics of English rhythm, repetition of syllables and unstressed syllables that one out. When the students in singing, they re-read of course, is the practice syllable unstressed syllables, and conversion. Once they learned the songs, those lyrics, sentence, voice, tone, rhythm will always remain in their minds. 4, can help students have more contact and fixed phrases and expressions, as the British Institute of Education University of Leeds Language Learning in Children Researchers say Jayne Moon, children learning a language is one of the characteristics that they can quickly learn fixed expressions, such as "I don't know, Come on, Goodbye." They are the expression of these fixed the whole of the inhalation, although the expression of the law will be fixed open to each word they do not understand what is meant by, but they must the scene can be understood in the meaning of the expression. When students with limited language, these fixed expressions can help them maximize their own means of expression. Therefore, in the early stages of language teaching, teaching students the fixed expression to help them with the others for the use of language is very meaningful exchanges with others to give them the opportunity to provide more language input and language practice. Songs and songs in a lot of fixed phrases and expressions, so teachers can use songs and songs for the beginner to prepare for the language. 5, culture of learning songs in English to understand the customs of foreign cultures, a large number of English songs to reflect the knowledge of English. Customs and culture of foreign countries, is conducive to the students in the "knowledge" of "culture" to achieve goals, while students in the emotional aspects of thinking of culture. Low-grade students in the entry stage, teachers can arrange for students to use their song "Good morning" greetings to each other, and inspire students to teachers in Chinese and English name of the teacher's call for comparison so that students understand the English culture, generally call for the young female teachers "Miss (Miss)" and not, as alleged by the Chinese habit of teacher (teacher).
Section II, the specific use of English songs
The so-called English songs, is to teach the knowledge of English or the day to learn English words, sentences, fill in the music. Music new song, there are the old pitch. What kind of tunes, depending on its content may be, flexible. Melody of the music should be easy to learn and are familiar to students. Teaching situations in which the use of English songs, the use of what kind of English songs, which are about the. 1, into new courses can be clever to sing English songs naturally leads to the contents of the new medium. Teaching objectives to determine the need for students to master the words, sentences with familiar tunes into the students, the students are familiar with both, but also some fresh, in easy grasp of new knowledge. Education sentence such as "Glad to meet you", into the first of its set of "" Glad to meet you "" the song to guide students in the conscious perception from the concert until proficiency. So that the beautiful melody and harmony, an atmosphere of students into the halls of knowledge of English. Until the end of the medium of instruction, students also enjoy being immersed in art, emotions are still so excited, passionate, more than his singing, to experience the joy of learning English. 2, review old lessons review the old students to know is to sing songs in English a good time. A beautiful song, a familiar melody, the students into the past days and nights, their trigger happy memories, have learned the words, sentences such as the gurgling of the stream outflow汨汨. Facial expressions from the students and the "Dance of the hands of the tread of the feet" of the gesture can be seen, they are as excited as easily, as怡然自得, a sense of achievement and pride, a sense of happiness in students filled眉眼in. Atmosphere in such a situation, those who had learning difficulties temporary students immersed in the joy of success. Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve also shows that a high degree of mechanical acquisition of learning materials was forgotten after the first post-fast rules of slow, two days after the acquisition of up to 70% of the forgotten, forgotten after the much slower speed. Accordingly, should be forgotten in a large number of arrangements in time for review, if we review the use of songs to learn the knowledge, so that it can spread, and do not give students a burden. 3, regulation of emotions for each lesson before class or before school, teachers and the teaching content according to the mental state of students to enable students to sing songs in English or a tape recorder to play English songs. Students can sing songs in English class on the music moves into a regular action. In this way, students can sing before class 10 minutes from the school activities of the rapid transfer to the classroom teaching; class to sing English songs can be fed up with the elimination of students, mental fatigue and improve learning efficiency; pre-school students to sing with full the end of an emotional tension classes to learn lessons for the next section into the spirit of learning to do a good job of preparation. 4, adjusted with the curious attention of pupils, hyperactive, attention can not focus on the characteristics of a long time. The use of listening, singing songs in English teaching methods, language and music will be combined with context and create a vivid, lively atmosphere of the classroom learning. Students with the melody, ears to listen to, the mouth to sing, like the brain, and the coordination of the various senses, both physical relaxation and mental ease, thus encouraging the spirit, lively interest, attention together.
Section III of teaching the practical significance of English songs
The use of a lively rhythm of the cycle, the feelings of students into specific situations songs, the feelings of students and the content of the lyrics resonate, and get emotional pleasure. English songs in the language contains a huge potential and opportunity to practice English, to enable students to power perception, memory, understanding, imagination and creativity are enhanced. Practice confirmed that the use of English song has the following features of practice. 1. Society: the song has a unique, direct emotion of artistic expression. It can bring people to the music to express emotions and mood so that the main and music together. Students in listening, singing songs in English demonstrated by the excitement and emotional expression, behavior illustrates this point. Listening to singing, the individual into a whole, the life and life, between teachers and students access to the exchange and integration of the soul. 2. Effective: to learn to remember the English words, words into the songs, vivid, lively, students enjoy the new audio-visual, which is an objective to mobilize the enthusiasm of the students. Music and lyrics inspire the curiosity of students, the enthusiasm of the students into a higher motivation to learn, which helps prospective students to do more to learn English phonetic transcription, letters, and the correct pronunciation of words, and actively learn new words, new words and new structures . 3. Creativity: English songs can trigger associations and imagination of students. The text contains the contents of the lyrics, students can bring into the world's rich and varied knowledge to the students to imagine flying with the wings of melody, to expand their innovation capabilities. 4. Sexual pleasure: English songs through the sound waves to stimulate the central nervous system of students, focus on feeling good, you can display the spirit of activity among smart, so that students of cognitive psychology have a psychological and emotional empathy resonance, forming a pleasant emotion, led to strong drive to learn. 5. Flexibility: easy to use English songs, Lesson before class, the class at the end of readily available; to class can be extra-curricular, unrestricted; can enjoy music, singing to edge his side, flexible; to phonetic transcription, pronunciation of the letters may be vocabulary, sentence patterns dialogue use as needed. English songs is a kind of economical and practical English teaching methods. Of course, attention should be paid to science and English songs to choose from, we must guard against abuse, to help teaching.
Chapter IV Conclusions and problems
In recent years, various sectors of the community are reflected in children's songs, especially by children less popular songs for children, this phenomenon in primary school English songs and so not the case. Primary English songs are also teachers in their own teaching and learning process to learn, practice and innovation in the process, teachers should be teaching a new concept to grasp, understand and comprehend the direction of a new round of curriculum reform, following the principle of the purpose of teaching and scientific principles, and consciously to learn and master the theory and application of education and teaching, expand their knowledge and improve their own quality. Only then can we continue to overcome and resolve the teaching difficulties and problems, so that primary school students in English, one of favorite subjects.