Have you heard yourselves humming or singing a
piece of a song? I bet the answer is yes!
There is a reaction
from our brain. It is called Audition (or musical) “worm”. This thing is guilty
of our musical taste and our music preferences. So, it doesn’t matter the
language the song is, we tend to repeat and remember and may help when learning
another language. In this way, the connection (or obsession) with a song, will
be the first approach to a foreign language.
Until next year the
song “Despacito” (slowly) from Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee had one of the most
viewed in Youtube (5.146’716.008 views) not only by Spanish speakers, but from
people from different cultures and languages who, not knowing Spanish, searched
for the lyrics and the translation, interesting in the meaning of the
song. Due to this, we could think “Music
has the Power” because allows us to be in contact with another culture (and
Languages) and help us to enhance pronunciation, and obtain linguistic skills,
and improve listening. Today’s
publication is entitled to learning Spanish through songs.
WHY MUSIC?
One: We learn new words and new vocabulary when we search for those words we don’t know or don’t understand.
Two: We can educate our hearing. For listening many times the song we like,
we will remember some words, learn new ones and look for the meaning of the
ones we ignore.
Three: Getting to know more of the
Spanish speaking culture through different expressions, images, and so on.
Four: Get to know local slang and sayings from every Country.
Five: Copy pronunciation and try to make the accents as equal as possible.
Four: Get to know local slang and sayings from every Country.
Five: Copy pronunciation and try to make the accents as equal as possible.
4 TIPS TO KEEP IN
MIND.
You may like hip-hop
or rap, but knowing your level it’s better to start from zero. Maybe a ballad
or a not so difficult-to-understand song. Maybe you don’t like this gender, but
it is important that you understand the language before understanding a fast
and complicated song. I invite you to follow these steps:
💓Choose music that make your body move. These are the ones we most like
and we can listen them without a break and not getting bored.
💓Choose songs you can sing or understand some words. As higher your level
of Spanish is, you will go a longer way.
💓You will get to sing the whole song and understand it. But in the
meanwhile, always have the lyrics so you can sing along and look for words you
don’t know.
💓You can find songs in English that have been translated into Spanish,
it’s easier to star with a known melody and you will have the time to look for
words and expressions. (Some of Roxette’s, Bon jovi, Bryan Adams, Scorpions, Robie Williams, songs have been translated to
Spanish).
💓When you look for songs in
“youtube” or “vimeo”, write the name of the song/artist and add lyrics. For
example: David Bisbal (Spain) Lyrics. So, it will show all his songs with
lyrics. You can do this with other artists.
RECOMENDATIONS
BASIC LEVELS : The
students in this group will listen to the song you chose and identify those
words you don’t know from the ones you know. Then you must look for their
meaning and learn them. This way you will educate your hearing to pronunciation
and stress of each word.
INTERMEDIATE LEVELS : You can explore more
these elements: 1) What’s the song about? Is there a
message? (a story or an argument). 2) Getting to know and study some colloquialisms used in many songs. 3) Remember and study vocabulary and
new terms. 4) Study grammatical forms, verb
tenses, and so on in chosen songs. 5) Enhance your listening.
ADVANCED LEVELS: Students in this group can reinforce listening, slang, and cultural
contexts.
I hope you like this
blog and you find it useful !
Have a nice Weekend!!😊
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| WRITTEN BY ADRIANA MARTINEZ |
