Navigating Music Education in Ghana: A Guide to Composition, Performance and Listening for Primary School Teachers | Chapter 3 | Progress in Language, Literature and Education Research Vol. 4

Music as a subject of study is a strand of the Creative Arts curriculum content for teaching, learning and assessment in primary schools in Ghana. Composition, performance and listening which play pivotal roles in music activities form integral part of the methods and strategies that are supposed to be employed to teach these arts form to provide musical knowledge, skills and understanding to primary school learners. Elsewhere, it is argued that these three musical processes constitute the starting point of music activities in the primary school classroom. Having some knowledge and practical insight of each of these processes is therefore very significant for teachers’ professional practice and development in the music classroom. This article attempts to describe these processes and highlight some activities that can serve as a guide for the teacher to engage primary school learners in music activities under each of these three interrelated activities for effective musical learning and experiences. Challenges affecting effective music education in the primary schools include teachers’ lack of adequate knowledge and skills in teaching, inadequate trained teachers to teach music in the primary schools and lack of musical instruments to support teaching and learning. It is suggested to educational planners and authorities to plan and implement in-service training for primary school teachers to equip them in the provision of effective music education to pupils. It is also suggested to primary school authorities and teachers to find innovative ways to acquire the needed teaching and learning materials to ensure an effective music education in the primary school.

Author(s) Details:

Benjamin Adjepong,
Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana.

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Dictogloss for Teaching English in an Integrated Framework of Skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing) and Language | Chapter 7 | Research Highlights in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 6

 The aim concerning this chapter or study search out outline the principles of the pedagogical method called dictogloss, and to share me's results from an experimental communication using this method. While English Language Teaching (ELT) frequently focuses on established education approaches like Presentation, Production, and Practice (PPP) or Test-Teach-Test (TTT), many EFL professionals do infrequently experiment with less accepted methods such as Dictogloss, Silent Way, or Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). While an general approach to teaching English can help obtain lesson aims better, having a more in-depth understanding of distinguishing approaches and techniques can better teachers' professional abilities. Dictogloss is one such approach that can merge all skills and various linguistic articles in planning and delivering ELT communication. In fact, dictogloss is a constructive knowledge method that blends terminology skills to a degree listening, speaking, study, and writing and word systems permissive students listen to assortment of topics, take outline, interact, collude, draft, re-draft and present their work, and the method enhances learners’ practical learning through an best classroom date. The writer’s/ the teacher’s experiment with the approach of dictogloss and reflections are compiled in this member. This chapter, thus, condenses the author's experience of utilizing dictogloss in English Language Teaching and Learning (ELTL), a brief review of relevant biography, the objectives of the exploratory lesson, verdicts and analysis, recommendations, and judgment. Overall, this qualitative study on the exploratory dictogloss lesson and allure reflections conclude at a helpful note and provides ELT artists, researchers, and scholars with valuable insights into this design of dictogloss.

Author(s) Details:

Jayaron Jose,
University of Technology and Applied Sciences, AlMusannah (UTASA), Oman.

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Drawbacks of Audiobooks for Learning and Cognition | Chapter 9 | Current Approaches in Science and Technology Research Vol. 6

 This research looks at the nature and distinguishing features of audiobooks, as well as the impact of listening as a cognitive practice. The paper investigates and analyzes the various aspects and manifestations of audio media features, radio as a foundation for audiobooks, and radio in terms of its resemblance to ear-reading. Methods of investigation: logical approach to prior research on the evolution of radio and audio media, discursive and desktop analysis of documents, studies and monographs on the psychology of auditory perception; systematic review of research into the characteristics of radio and audio media Listening is important for learning and cognition. Three conclusions can be drawn: first, the growing popularity of audio reading materials stems from human nostalgia for “hot” media channels and primeval “orality”; second, radio is a key catalyst in the culture pyramid mediamorphoses of the “post-writing era,” which, decades before the computer, simply enabled the emergence of radio's planetary extension – podcasts on the internet; and third, radio is a key catalyst in the culture pyramid mediamorphoses of the “post-writing era.” The conclusions emphasize the importance of paying closer attention to the promotion of the benefits of audiobooks in improving the quality of the multimood.

Author (S) Details

Milena Tsvetkova
Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Sofia University, St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria.

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Enriching Second Language Skills through Cognitive Aspects | Chapter 7 | Arts and Social Studies Research Vol. 1

Language plays a main role in human civilization. The importance of foreign language is stressed in educational field. In the field of foreign language acquisition, cognitive function is given priority. Psychological perspective is the theoretical study about cognitive functioning in acquiring the language. This paper focuses on components and skills of language. Moreover, psychological problems in attaining the second language skills are discussed. In learning second language skills, the LSRW play the prominent role. Listening is preliminary to all other skills. Reading is a complex mechanism of decoding the messages in print. Speaking is natural expression in language, which is not always consciously regulated. Speaking implies, speaking with appropriateness to the social context. Writing is the most difficult and demanding of skills. Listening and speaking are considered to be the receptive skills and speaking and writing are the productive skills. For second language learners, all the skills are necessary in proportion of learner’s requirement. The leaner of second language needs to give more attention on language skills as well as the components of the language. Phonology, Lexis, grammar and pragmatics are also needed in accomplishing the communicative competence. The correct direction may help the learners to get success in their goal. The teachers have to play the main role in language acquisition, because the learners get reinforced by them. The teacher can follow some techniques to improve the communicative competence of the students. Some of the techniques are discussed in this paper. This paper also brings out the importance of language skills and the need of components of language to overcome the barriers in acquiring the second language.  

Author(s) Details

Ms. A. Delbio  
Department of English, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu, India.

Dr. M. Ilankumaran  
Department of English, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu, India

Dr. R. Abilasha 
Department of English, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India.

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