[etni] [FWD: Towards yet another wonderful song collection]

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 Subject: Towards yet another wonderful song collection
 From: "Barry" <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 
 TO:  People who like to use songs to enhance their Eng lessons:
 
 Having   nothing better to do with my dull, empty life, i have started
putting 
 together yet another collection of pop songs that can be used in the
classroom.
 
 Here are a few suggestions that I may put in and the reasons for my
selection: (sorry that the table format gets ruined here)
 
  INCREDIBLE SONGS   - COLLECTION 3     
 1.  THE SUNSCREEN BAZ LERMAN                 
      HUMOR, ADVICE, LOTS OF TEXT CLUSTERS AND VOCAB

 2.  : WHAT ARE WORDS WORTH                
       Wordy Rapping hood   Wildness, intro to the importance of 
Vocabulary

 3.  I like to eat apples and bananas                
      Raffi:                      Long Vowel Sounds

 4.  :   An Irish Ballad 
         Tom Leherere The Family, Past Tense, Phrasal Verbs, Black
Humour

 5.  An American Life                                    
     Madonna             Question Forms

6 Sorry                                                 
   Tracy Chapman, appologizing

7 War                                                 
   Bob Marley (indigo girls) because its a historical text, and one _ 
time  lause


 What songs would you like to see on this collection, which will
eventually be turned into a CD?:
 
Criteria:  

1  The song must be available on the internet.

2 I won't include Walt Disney, musicals, etc, -- a waste of time, there
is so much good material here we may as well just buy the stuff.
 
3 I won't include Israeli artists like Ahinoam Nini, again, just buy the
CD's; (whatever you think of their political views) 
 
 The same goes for Ehud Banai's brilliant song in English called 'Speak
de Language of de Hebrew man;' a must for every english teacher's
collection, and i think i'll play it at ETAI.
 
 4 The song cannot have more than 5 obscenities on it; i know that rules
out 90% of what the kids want to hear, but hey that's life.
 
 5 Kids songs, including lots with movements and fingerplays:  You can
buy the whole collection; look for names like RAFFI, Sharon Lois and
Bram, Fred Penner.
 
 I know that there are many good ideas on the Etni site, and hopefully
i'll  get there too, but until then, if you want to have a say in
collection 3., let me know.
 
 Barry SILVERberg


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