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1、中国某某某某学校学生毕业设计(论文)题 目：Learning English through English Songs 姓 名 ： 000000 班级、学号 ： 00010000000 系 (部) ： 经济管理系 专 业 ： 商务英语 指导教师 ： 000000 开题时间： 2009-4-10 完成时间： 2009-11-2 2009 年 11 月 2 日25目 录毕业设计任务书1毕业设计成绩评定表2答辩申请书3-5正文6-27答辩委员会表决意见28答辩过程记录表29课 题 Learning English through English Songs 一、 课题(论文)提纲1英语歌曲的特点1

2、.1英文歌曲是一种听觉输入源1.2英文歌曲利于学习发音和节奏1.3英文歌曲含有大量的语言知识1.4英文歌曲反映西方人民的价值观和思维方式 1.5英文歌曲，提供不同类型的主题英语口语 2.英语歌与听力的关系2.1听英文歌对听力的好处2.2听英文歌时练习听力的策略3英文歌与口语之间的关系3.1英文歌和英语口语节奏之间的相似性 3.2听和说之间的密切关系4如何使用英文歌曲提高英语口语 4.1选择良好的英语歌曲 4.2当聆听和学习英文歌时4.3当与另一人或以上的人聆听和学习英文歌时4.4当在班上聆听和学习班英文歌时5.结论二、内容摘要音乐不仅能够创造一种轻松愉快的气氛，而且还有利于提高学习者的兴趣，增

3、强学习者的信心。另外，英文歌和英语口语节奏具有相似性，且英文歌曲有不少的优越性，英文歌曲可以帮助矫正英语语音，牢记和积累大量词汇，学习外国文化和培养英语语感等等，而这些方面都对英语口语和听力的提高起着很大的促进作用。因此，本文提出了一个设想，即充分利用英文歌曲提高英语听力和口语。三、 参考文献1 Alan Duan. 如何有效地学习英语口语 J. 新东方英语. 2005.2歌曲教学与英语口语的提高 J. 温州师范学院学报，2003.3辅助口语教学 J. 外语电化教学.1997.4曲与英语学习 J. 成都气象学院学报. 1999， (14).Learning English through En

4、glish Songs0000Abstract: Music can not only create a pleasant atmosphere, but also help improve the learners interest and enhance the confidence of learners, Additionally, There are similarities between the rhythm of music and that of spoken English and the advantages of English songs, English songs

5、 plat an important role in helping with correcting the pronunciation, remembering and accumulating vocabulary, learning foreign culture, and developing sensitivity to English that are all important to the improvement of listening and spoken English. So in this paper brings forth a tentative idea, th

6、at is, to improve listening and spoken English by using English songs. Keywords: English songs; English listening; spoken English0. Introduction1. Characteristics of English songs English songs are full of rhythms and emotions. Change of the rhythm is obvious; as for vowels, they should be given ful

7、l pronunciation, and they can be prolonged, while consonants are often pronounced with a short force; and some syllables are also lengthened. There are quite many advantages of English songs, which will be considered and discussed in the following paragraphs.1.1 English songs are a source of aural i

8、nput English songs are a kind of especially good listening material. Compared with other English listening materials, they are more interesting, motivating, attractive and unforgettable. They are never dull. As is mentioned in this paper, listening is closely related to speaking, and more language i

9、nput is helpful for more effective language output. Listening to English songs as often as possible is in some way good for the improvement of speaking ability. In a word, the ultimate purpose of listening to more English songs is to improve speaking ability 1.2 English songs are good for learning p

10、ronunciation and rhythmListening to and singing English songs as more as possible contributes much to learning accurate pronunciation, intonation and rhythm of spoken English. Real English songs-sung by foreign singers-always offer idiomatic pronunciation and good rhythm. From English songs, we can

11、get lots of phonetic knowledge, such as, change of length of vowels, pauses plosives, lose of plosives, sound linking, weak-forms, assimilation, co-articulation, elision, stress, rhythm and so on and so forth. Fluent and clear spoken English needs these phonetic techniques because of their great imp

12、ortance in conveying meanings effectively. From the early folk songs sung by the black to the blues, then to jazz and from the rhythmic blues to modern rock music, all of them represent the inner rules of English rhythm. The styles of these English songs at the same time correspond to a great extent

13、 to the exaggerating methods or techniques of pronouncing.Here is a simple song in which sound linking is reflected:Come and See My Family: “Come and see my family, Under the old apple tree! This is my father.How do you do?Sit down and have a cup of tea with me.”In this song, the technique of sound

14、linking is so obvious that we can make use of it to achieve fluency that is an important factor in spoken English.1.3English songs contain amounts of language knowledgeLanguage is not static, but constantly developing . English songs are also the characteristics of the times. Therefore, the English

15、songs in addition to raising interest in tools for listeners outside of bringing the joy of the senses, or English-speaking countries an integral part of the culture, which is rich in linguistic knowledge and cultural background knowledgeEnglish songs contain a lot of language knowledge that is quit

16、e useful for spoken English. This mainly reflects in words, phrases, idioms, expressions, sentence patterns, and also “spoken grammar”1 Actually, spoken language is not merely a variant of “correct” written forms. Rather, the spoken language, particularly the interactive discourse of native speakers

17、, incorporates forms that are widespread and consistent in usage, and most importantly, meaningful. Due to the dynamic interactive nature of the spoken language, many of these features are not or cannot be realized in more standardized written forms. In spoken English, we can find the widespread uti

18、lization of ellipsis. For example, we can often hear sentences in English songs like “Dont know why, dont know why” which has no subject. The subject (maybe “I”) is left out here. This kind of ellipsis phenomenon occurs frequently in oral communication. As we know, in English study, there are so man

19、y words, expressions, and even rules of spoken grammar to remember and then to use freely and correctly; and usually they seem to be so dull or difficult. In spite of this, for effective oral communication, it is still quite necessary to master as many as possible. 1.4 English songs reflect values a

20、nd way of thinking of the Western peopleAs we know, way of thinking and different values can greatly influence what to say and how to say. In other words, spoken expressions usually reflect peoples values and way of thinking. The Western people and Chinese people think differently in many aspects. S

21、o to speak idiomatic English, we Chinese have to know how the Western people think, how they organize their words and sentences to express what they want to convey.1.5 English songs provide various topics for spoken EnglishMany English learners complain that when they are talking in English, they do

22、nt know what to talk about-they dont have enough common topics; and even if they find one, they cant find enough words related to the topic. English songs can offer much help in what to say and in the vocabulary that is related to the topic, that is, thematic vocabulary. English songs contain a vari

23、ety of themes, such as love, peace, hero, encouragement, friendship, etc. All of these are good themes and can be used as topics in spoken English practice.2.The relationship between English songs and listening2.1 Listening to English songs on the benefits of hearingFirst, the English song is the be

24、st material to learn pronunciation skills. If Lian Du, incomplete or complete loss of burst and vowel weakening, and assimilation.Second, can enhance some commonly used slang or spoken language understanding, often appear in his lyrics, such as gonna, wanna, aint so on. Third, the song is also commo

25、nly used to learn vocabulary and grammar of good information, songs often occur, such as the completion of tenses, clauses, subjunctive mood so difficult to master grammar points, through the songs to learn, the effect is more obvious, more profound impressionFourth, the songs are also extended back

26、ground cultural knowledge and a good way. To listen to different genre of songs in different countries can enjoy the unique charm of Western culture and can understand that the East-West cultural differences.百科词典 Loading.同反义词 相关例句 英英解释 百科词典 Loading.同反义词 相关例句 英英解释 222 2.2Strategies of practicing list

27、ening when listening to English songsMusic is soothing mood regulator, each of us is to grow with the music, And more of the classics in English songs that were well received by the public favorite, the application of these familiar songs, can enhance the enthusiasm of learning that can fully mobili

28、ze the enthusiasm for study degree, because a stronger sense of rhythm in English songs, if not correctly grasp the pronunciation, will affect the right words to understand the lyrics, we can not understand lyrics, and only understand in order to imitate. English song contagious, die plate, to bring

29、 the United States to give the listener the enjoyment of listening to at the same time inspiring and listening comprehension ability, we need to have targeted students with questions for students to listen to, so that students with purpose to listen and understand the meaning of the lyrics, in the c

30、ourse of practice to improve level of knowledge, optimize the knowledge structure, the students probably understand the lyrics to the effect, you need to set up sampling tests and classroom issues, student oral presentation, etc. to the classroom for students to understand the ability to test. To as

31、k questions in class, students answer, group discussions several ways to enhancing the students knowledge and understanding of the classroom. Dictation in English with the most effective means of teaching, one of dictation training can effectively strengthen the classroom knowledge, dictation can ef

32、fectively overcome the knowledge and forgotten, and to improve the level of hearing. Compound dictation methods are mainly: (A) simple sentences to sort, Listening, Reading. Dictation training is from simple to difficult and gradual process, the sentence can be reversed, or lyrics disrupted again af

33、ter listening to permutations and combinations to stimulate the accumulation of knowledge. (B) Cross arranged for Cloze. When a student listening level was raised, the election can be properly recorded in one or more paragraphs paragraphs English songs, according to the order crossover, the lyrics p

34、art of the word, phrase, sentence, etc. removed, will remove part of the replacement part as a target practice. This can effectively promote the level of listening comprehension, but also a positive process.3 The relationship between English songs and spoken English3.1 The similarities between the r

35、hythm of music and that of spoken English “Music and language share several features. On the one hand, both stem from the processing of sounds; on the other, both are used by their authors or speakers to convey a message, although language is much more precise than music, whose effect is mainly emot

36、ional. On another level, music and language have intrinsic features in common, such as pitch, volume, prominence, stress, tone, pauses and rhythm.” Sounds are the roots of both music and speech. The melodic approach to language learning is mainly based on the evidence that musicality of speech has a

37、n effect not only on the pronunciation skills of English learners but also on their entire language acquisition process.First lets see a sentence of the English songRed River Valley:- -5 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 - -From this val-ley they say you are going,“It is obvious that the three words : valley, s

38、ay, and going-these are stressed words- all fall on the first or the third time of each section , that is, on the beat or secondary beat. The words: From, this, they and are are not key words, so they occupy only one time. While the words: valley, say, and going all occupy two times; that is to say

39、, when we sing these words, we have to prolong them, and we also have to give these three words full pronunciation . For the sake of the variety and richness of melody, the rhythm of a song often changes a lot freely; however, no matter how it changes, if the lyric of the song goes well with the mus

40、ic, the rhythm of the language will still be basically in accordance with the rhythm of the music.”The rhythm of music refers to regular combination of length and strength of sounds; the rhythm of language refers to combination of alternate changes in speed, pitch and pauses in a certain period of t

41、ime. Different languages have different rhythms. The rhythm of music share many similar features. Mastery of the rhythm of music can be greatly helpful to the learning of the rhythm of spoken English. Their similarities are as follows:(C) Stress alternates with non-stress, and thus there is a striki

42、ng contrast.In the melody of music, stress is rhythm which constitutes the basic element of the melody. And “English is a stress-timed language.” Each English sentence is made up of rhythm groups. In every rhythm group, no matter how many syllables, there is only one stressed syllable similar to bea

43、t in music and this stressed syllable plays a key role in the rhythm of spoken English. （D）Regularity of the Appearance of Stress The rhythm of music is regularly repeated; and the repetition is very strict. This is an important feature that makes music different from noise. The rhythm of spoken Eng

44、lish also has the feature of regularity .Stress in spoken English appears in a periodical way, which is the manifestation of the rhythm. (E) Stress is not used to mark off different sense groups. In music, stress is rhythm but it is used to mark off sense groups. In English, stress is only used to m

45、ark off different rhythm groups, not sense groups. Many English learners confuse rhythm groups with sense groups in spoken English. This influences their spoken English badly. (F) Pause is an important factor in the making of rhythm .Both music and spoken English have pauses. In spoken English, ther

46、e are many kinds of pauses, such as phonetic pause, grammatical pause , etc . .In a word, these similarities between music and spoken English tell us that enough attention should be paid to music in practicing spoken English. We can make full use of these similarities to practice spoken English. We

47、should notice the rhythmical beauty of spoken English and try to master the rhythm of spoken English by using English songs .Then this will bring twice the result with half the effort. 3.2 Close relationship between speaking and listeningIn real communication, actually, both listening and speaking belong to oral activities. As listening and speaking are two direct activities a