SONGS AND POETRY

|Mohd.Zulkarnain|Noor Amirah|Nur Jannah|Tan Eik Ter|

Use various poems and songs, explain how they can help in improving.

Language learning potentials

How the poem can help in improving language learning potentials ?

Make learning easy Short nature of poems. Enhances remembering Brief and straight to the point Enhances emergent literacy Because pupils are given opportunity to think and contribute to the lesson. Increase vocabulary As the poems are composed with new words relevant to the scientific concept Increase learning As pupils try to decode meaning of the poems learning occur in a fun and exciting atmosphere

 It promotes complex thinking Poems can integrate many concepts and present them to pupils at a time. This encourages deep analysis and thought. Promote interactive learning Students recite poems and choruses together in an interactive form making all class members active Connects emotions to thinking and learning Poems are usually emotional. Emotions can evoke interest and increase retentive learning. Generate discussions Poems contain issues that can generate further discussion and the revelation of knowledge on the issue concerned and related concepts.

SONGS

 The lyrics of the song are made up of 11 monosyllabic words, many of which are repeated several times.

Improve their listening skills and pronunciation, therefore potentially

helping them to improve their speaking skills. The phrases are short with relatively long pauses between each one

and are comprised of simple vocabulary.

It will be easier for the learner to use the new vocabulary into the sentence as it is not too complicated or difficult.

 The song also has a repetitive rhythm which can trigger the learners attention and interest. Maintain the classroom motivation, hereby helping learners to reach higher level of achievement. The song is enjoyable and involved participation from the learner.

It can often be a welcome change from the routine

of learning a foreign language.

 Help to improve listening skills because it provide students with practice listening to different forms of intonation and rhythm. It also help to establish a feeling. For instance, this shows how the mother worries about her children. Shows the correct sentence structure therefore they can adapt it into their sentences. Repetition will help the learners in their pronunciation as certain words are repeated several times. For example ; And the doctor said No more monkey jumping on the bed.