The class of dance and vocal students who I teach at ESP Performance Village recently completed their graduation requirements and will be graduating at the end of this month. I’d been working with them once a month or so for about a year now, and despite the fact that most of them were absolute beginners (i.e. didn’t understand ‘How are you?”) I am really happy and proud of how well they have progressed. For the last round of classes together, we went throught the song “Decisions, Decisions” and I had the students sing the lyrics of the song on their own using the ‘Karaoke’ (instrumental) track on the listening CD. (Track #4), and they all managed to not just get through it, but to actually get into it, and do it with gestures as well.
As always seems to be the case, the song practice is what students retain the most (see links at the end to to read about why), so if they do go on to continue studying English (as I hope they will) hopefully these patterns will stay with them as well.
As always seems to be the case, the song practice is what students retain the most (see links at the end to to read about why), so if they do go on to continue studying English (as I hope they will) hopefully these patterns will stay with them as well.
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