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Pedagogical principles of teaching songs and

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1. CULTURE - students cultural background

pupils domain and the culture in the literary texts may pose a problem in comprehending the texts.

q Differences in culture that exists within the

q Bridge the cultural, traditional and even

religious differences that exist between pupils and the text.

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2. CONTENT - suitability of content refer to CS

It is necessary that pupils know or at least

have some idea of content of the text. This is to ensure that their schematic knowledge will be drawn upon when comprehending the text or doing the tasks.
Pupils must have some background

knowledge of what they are doing.

The texts should include works of different

genres. Thus, the literary texts taught must include such genres as poems, short 4/16/12 stories, novels, and plays

 The texts should have a connection with

students here and now learning context. It would be motivating for students to study the literature which is currently being discussed in their society, particularly when that literature has been interpreted through other media, such as movies or musicals. Experiencing the here-and-now literature would help students understand that literature is neither useless nor faraway, and that literature is part of our life.

Constructivism will enable pupils to build new

knowledge and concepts based on existing knowledge or schema that they have. The 4/16/12 teacher assists pupils to acquire new

Most importantly, the texts should have the However, a poem may not always be a

capacity to engage the interest of the student. favoured item in the classroom mainly because of its deviant and densely metaphorical use of language. Teaching poetry becomes especially difficult when the emphasis is put on correctness in grammatical form.

It is important that texts should provide good

potential for a variety of classroom activities, in order to give students more chance to gain true familiarity with any work as a whole
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3. INTEREST - students interests, experiences, enjoyment Gauge pupils interest towards songs and
poetry?
Interest has to go with motivation if pupils

are motivated to learn, they will have high interest and receptivity.
To cultivate interest, tell pupils the benefits of

learning lit. Have a variety of activities or reward them duly.

Text selection is no easy task because there

are many interesting literary works to choose 4/16/12 such as childrens literature and young from,

4. VALUES - Characterbuilding infused

Are there values in the text(s)? How do we

instill these values in our pupils?

Texts based on values have to be

incorporated in teaching and learning in order to impart the importance of good values for the wholesome development of individuals.

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5. AGE - appropriacy, gender

Must be impartial (neutral / unbiased).

When texts are selected, ensure that they will Must not be biased towards boys or girls?

match with the age and maturity of the pupils.

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6. RESOURCES - reliable, easy access, related to CS It is important that appropriate resources and
Readily available resources? Commercial

materials are used with pupils of different learning capabilities so that their full potential can be realised. resources? Adapted resources? Simplified resources? Etc.

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7. PROFICIENCY LEVEL lang must be accessible, simplified, adapted or shortened

Simplify to make the sentences shorter or to

use words that are of common usage. characters etc.

Adapt consider localising scenes, names, Shorten shortening the text (genre), the

sentences
To build a strong foundation of language skills.
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8. EXPLOITABILITY
Possible activities to be carried out pre,

while and post.

Will the selected text be able to develop

further activities? How?

Lessons, which emphasise meaningful

contexts and the integration of language skills, allow pupils to learn by doing fun-filled activities. Contextualised as well as purposeful activities will promote the fun element in language learning.

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Creativity is the ability to produce something

new in an imaginative and fun-filled way. Pupils in Year 1 and 2 will display interest, confidence and self-esteem through performance and producing simple creative works.

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