CIL 543 Using Music and Song to Teach and Learn New Languages

This course explores the myriad ways that music and song are exceptionally well-suited for second language acquisition and learning, looking at a variety of learning settings from pre-K through adult. The use of songs and music for building oracy, literacy, content knowledge, and classroom community will be explored. In addition, the value of using music and song in learning world languages and in bilingual or dual language education will be demonstrated, in addition to a focus on building proficiency in English as a new language. The course awards 7 clinical hours toward the Illinois ESL or bilingual endorsement. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 1 semester hours