More Than Words - Songs for the Language Classroom

This Element explores ELT songs from the authors' insider perspective as songwriters. It describes the relationship between music and lyrics in songs, what this means for using songs in the language classroom, the historical developments through which ELT songs emerged, and the contexts in which they are written, listened to, and made.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Words and music; 3. Contextualising ELT Songs; 4. Evaluating ELT songs; 5. Writing ELT songs; 6. Multidisciplinary collaboration in ELT songwriting: specialist, adaptive, and relational; References.

Product details

• Authors: Tom (University of Kent) Vyner Parkinson, Parkinson Tom, Luke Vyner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781009345088
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934508-8
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Elements in Twenty-First Century Music Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / General, English, Teaching skills and techniques, Theory of music & musicology, Pop Music, Teaching skills & techniques, Language teaching theory and methods, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Theory of music and musicology, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, ELT: teaching theory & methods, Music composition