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My first experience teaching English songs by Alain Sanchez, France This morning I had an appointment with my friend khun Tik at the school where she teaches. As I’m fond of singing and also like children, she asked me once to teach English songs to her pupils, which they suppose to be about 5 or 6 years old, but at my great surprise they were only 4! The sight of these little babies, looking at me with big eyes, was something very touching. So to start my lesson I first let them listen to the song with the help of my computer I brought for the occasion, as the recording I have are in MP3 format. Khun Tik helps me encouraging the kids by clapping with their hands. The song was “This old man” one of the favorite English children song. Then I began to make them repeat the words without music. First sentence, and no reaction. Second sentence, same. Third sentence and I heard a little girl timidly repeat it. I thought “great, I have an audience! So I decided to make repeat one by one in a way to regroup those who where less shy than the others, thinking that making singing those ones will lead the others to do so. But no way, my only supporter was that little girl. And little by little some kids began to leave the group and do other things. Facing this lack of interest, khun Tik and I decided to stop the teaching and make them listening to other songs, in a way to keep their attention again. Fortunately I had all my stock of recorded songs in my computer, so I played the most famous ones and sing them to the children. One of them was “Old Mac Donald”, and khun Tik knew it in Thai language. So she tried to make the children sing and was a little more successful than me. After that khun Tik propose me to show a VCD to the children with the help of my computer. This was an educational video to teach how to count in English. The children were very happy to see it, as the characters talking were very funny. Khun Tik and I encouraged the children to repeat the English words the characters were saying, and that was very successful. As I took my recorder with me for the teaching, I propose to Khun Tik to play some tunes, to get the children’s attention again, as they cannot be entertained by the same activity more than 10 minutes. After that I did some animals crying, at the request of Khun Tik, and the children did love it, as they constantly ask me to do this or that animal. Well, beginning my song teaching by finally making animals crying is quite an unusual way to teach music, but at least the children were very happy. Next time I will teach 6 years old kids, and that will be certainly different. Alain finally not only succeeded in making all kids learn and understand several songs but they grew so fond on him, that when he had to leave to get an operation, many of them started crying and only stopped after he promised to come back soon. Share this: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | Delicious | digg | reddit | buzz
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Mo chéad taithí ag múineadh amhráin Bhéarla ag Alain Sanchez, An Fhrainc Seo ar maidin bhí mé coinne le mo chara Khun Tik ag an scoil ina múineann sí. Mar tá mé Fond de amhránaíocht agus freisin cosúil le leanaí, d'iarr sí orm nuair a d'amhráin Bhéarla a mhúineadh di daltaí, a is dócha siad a bheith thart ar 5 nó 6 bliana d'aois, ach ar mo iontas mór go raibh siad ach 4! An radharc ar na leanaí beag, ag féachaint orm leis na súile móra a bhí, rud an-touching. Mar sin, chun tús a chur mo ceacht mé in iúl ar dtús dóibh éisteacht leis an amhrán le cabhair ó mo ríomhaire a thug mé ar an ócáid, mar a taifeadadh mé i bhformáid MP3. Khun Tik Cuidíonn spreagadh dom na páistí ag bualadh bos lena lámha. Ba é an amhrán "an fear d'aois" ar cheann de amhrán na leanaí is fearr leat Béarla. Ansin thosaigh mé chun iad a dhéanamh arís ar an bhfocal gan ceol. Chéad abairt, agus ní imoibriú. Dara habairt, céanna. Tríú habairt agus chuala mé cailín beag arís timidly é. Shíl mé "go hiontach, tá mé lucht féachana! ". Mar sin, chinn mé a dhéanamh an athuair ceann ar cheann sa chaoi is go regroup siúd má bhíonn níos lú cúthail ná na cinn eile, ag smaoineamh go mbeidh a dhéanamh ag canadh na cinn mar thoradh ar na daoine eile sin a dhéanamh. Ach aon bhealach, a bhí mo tacaíocht ach go cailín beag. Agus beagán beag thosaigh roinnt páistí a fhágáil an ghrúpa agus rudaí eile a dhéanamh. Os comhair an easpa suime, Khun Tik agus shocraigh mé chun stop a chur le teagasc a dhéanamh agus ag éisteacht leo amhráin eile, ar bhealach a choinneáil ar a n-aird arís. Fortunately bhí mé mo stoc de amhráin a taifeadadh i mo ríomhaire, agus mar sin bhí mé na cinn is cáiliúla agus iad a chanadh do na páistí. Ba é ceann acu "Sean Mac Donald", agus Khun Tik a fhios sé i dteanga Téalainnis. Mar sin, rinne sí a dhéanamh ar na páistí ag canadh agus bhí beagán níos rathúla ná mé. Tar éis sin Khun Tik a mholadh dom le VCD a thaispeáint do na páistí le cabhair ó mo ríomhaire. Ba é seo físeán oideachais a mhúineadh conas a chomhaireamh i mBéarla. Bhí na páistí an-sásta chun é a fheiceáil, mar a bhí na carachtair ag caint an-greannmhar. Khun Tik agus mé spreagadh do na páistí a dhéanamh arís na focail Béarla na carachtair a bhí á rá, agus go raibh an-rathúil. Mar a thug mé mo taifeadta liom do mhúineadh, a mholadh mé Khun Tik a imirt ar roinnt foinn, a fháil ar na páistí aird arís, mar nach féidir leo a aird ag an ghníomhaíocht chéanna níos mó ná 10 nóiméad. Tar éis gur Rinne mé roinnt ainmhithe ag caoineadh, ar iarratas ó Khun Tik, agus na páistí raibh grá é, agus iad ag iarraidh i gcónaí dom a dhéanamh seo nó go ndéanfar seachtháirgí ainmhithe. Bhuel, tá tús mo theagasc amhrán ag deireadh a dhéanamh ainmhithe ag caoineadh go leor ar bhealach neamhghnách ceol a mhúineadh, ach ar a laghad bhí na páistí an-sásta. An chéad uair eile beidh mé ag múineadh 6 bliana páistí d'aois, agus a bheidh cinnte éagsúla. Alain, ní hamháin éirigh deireadh i ndéanamh gach páistí a fhoghlaim agus a thuiscint amhráin éagsúla ach d'fhás siad chomh ceanúil sin air, nuair a bhí sé a fhágáil a fháil ar oibríocht, thosaigh go leor acu ag caoineadh agus ní stad tar éis a gheall sé chun teacht ar ais go luath.Comhroinn é seo: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | Delicious | digg | reddit | Buzz