Toyo Gakuen University IE-12: Music. Semester 2 Powerpoint Presentations

Last year the students in the Interest-based English (Music) class made some great presentations about their favourite musical artist. Here are some examples. Enjoy!!

Toyo Gakuen University Interest-based English 12 Music: Project 2 Lesson 2

Today we are going to get started on our second project. Click here to see your assignment: http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/toyo-gakuen-university-interest-based_26.html

Here are some links to help you:
Nippop.com
Wikipedia in English
Wikipedia in Japanese
Google

Your powerpoint must be finished by the fourteenth of January.

Toyo Gakuen University Interest-based English 12 Music. Project 2. Lesson 1.

Today we are going to start our second project. The second project is a powerpoint presentation about your favourite musical artist.
First, let's watch some of the presentations made by students last semester. Watch the presentations and answer the questions on the document called IE12 Powerpoint Questions. The document is in the lecture folder.



Now it's your turn. Here's your assignment:
Make a powerpoint presentation about a musical artist that you like.
Here's your project checklist:

• at least 5 slides in total
• a title slide
• a background slide including:

For bands:

1. When the band was formed
2. Where the band was formed
3. The members of the band
4. The genre
5. The most popular song
6. Awards, trivia, record label (choose one)

For solo artists:

1. 
   
   Where the artist was born
2. When the artist was born
3. The artist's instrument
4. The genre
5. The most popular song
6. Awards, trivia, record label (choose one)

• Two or more slides for profiles, discography, concerts (choose one)

Have fun!

Toyo Gakuen University Interest-based English Semester 2 Music Genres Presentation

Music Genres Slide Show Project Checklist

Are you finished your part of our slideshow? Use the checklist below:
You are finished if you can check every box.
I have…

• uploaded a picture (1 point)
• given the picture a title.(1 point)
• included the URL of the picture (1 point)
• recorded my talk (2 points)
• recorded three questions about my talk (2 points)
• answered the questions asked by all members of the class (8 points)
• participated in a conversation of at least 6 turns with two people (5 points)

Total score is 20 points

If you are finished, click this link: http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/toyo-gakuen-university-interest-based.html
Watch the powerpoint presentations made by the students in last semester's class.
Enjoy!

Toyo Gakuen University IE-12: Music. If Everyone Cared by Nickelback

Today we are going to watch a video by Nickelback. Watch the video and do the quiz.

I've posted about this song before.
Click here to see the earlier post: http://mrstoutsblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/y-ou-can-make-difference-video-by.html

Toyo Gakuen University IE-12: Music. Yesterday by the Beatles

Here is a video of Paul McCartney singing Yesterday. Watch the video and do the quiz.



Now watch Yesterday with Japanese translation. Click this link: http://jp.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid=EB6EEBCA-C89A-4E64-81F0-CBF9BE3B2D21
Enjoy!!

Toyo Gakuen University IE-12 Music: Project 1 - Music Genres. Lesson 4

Image by lastyearsgirl

Today we are going to continue our first project.
First lets listen to a song by a great Jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. Click this link: http://jp.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid=F4E844F5-347D-46B5-8242-E974FBCB911D
Now let's practice some vocabulary. Click this link: Music Vocabulary list 2

Now let's go to our project. Click this link: Voicethread

For information about J-Pop click these links: http://www.diigo.com/annotated/7c882b1d1b8c70f0f21433137f9553c4 and
http://www.diigo.com/annotated/bd28df3af9b4b8dc93bf8e782b0ba1eb
For information on Rock click this link: http://www.diigo.com/annotated/007d114da2d93b2eda4889715aa75605

For information about Hip Hop click here: http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Hip_hop_music_-_Characteristics/id/5126243

For information on Classical music click here: http://www.diigo.com/annotated/69139a95ca420bf398392782f19488cf

For information on R & B click here:

http://www.localdial.com/users/jsyedu133/Soulreview/Understandingpages/musical.htm

You can find pictures on flickr. Click here:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=music+genres&l=deriv&ct=0

Enjoy!

Toyo Gakuen University IE-12 Music: Project 1 - Music Genres. Lesson 3

Today we will begin our voicethread project. Before we begin our project, let's watch an interview with Ken Hirai. After you watch the interview, take the quiz.


Now let's start our project.
If you haven't decided which genre you want to research, click this link to find lists of music styles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_styles
If you have decided which genre that you want to research, find the wikipedia page that you need. Here are some links for popular musical genres: Rock, J-Pop, Traditional Japanese music, Gospel, Classical, Blues, World Music, Hip Hop, Trance, Jazz, R&B.

Look at the picture below. The picture shows you where to click to see a wikipedia article in Japanese.
Here's a link to help you find pictures: http://creativecommons.org/image/
You can also find pictures on flickr. Click here: http://www.flickr.com/
Also, please read this article about copyright: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/著作権
Finally, please read this article about Creative Commons licences: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/jp/

Ok, let's get started!

Toyo Gakuen University IE-12 Music: Project 1 Music Genres. Lesson 2

Today we are going to continue working on our first project.
First, let's start by watching a Bob Marley video. Bob Marley was a reggae artist. Click this link to see the video: Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry.

Image by "Uh,Clem..."

Look at the picture below. Bob Marley was born in this house.

Image by David E. Waldren

Here's some information about Reggae:

Reggae was developed in Jamaica in the late sixties. Larry Marshall recorded the first reggae record in 1968. The record was called "Nanny Goat".

Reggae has these musical characteristics:

• 4/4 or Swing time
• Simple chords repeated
• a hypnotic effect (催眠効果)

Some famous reggae artists are: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, and UB40

Some famous reggae songs are: "I Shot the Sheriff", The Harder They Come", and "Red Red Wine".

The main musical instruments used in reggae are guitars, bass, drums and sometimes horns.

Next, let's practice some vocabulary. Click this link: Music Vocabulary List 4.
Now, let's review last week's lesson.
Now lets begin our project. Click here: Voicethread.

Toyo Gakuen University IE-12 Music: Project 1 - Music Genres. Lesson 1

Today we are going to talk about music genres.

First, let's learn some vocabulary. Click the link: Music vocabulary list 2
Now let's watch two slideshows. I made the first slideshow. Toyo Gakuen University students made the next slide show. Make a coment.
My Slideshow about music genres


Toyo Gakuen Students slideshow about music genres



Here's a playlist of African music videos.



Here's a playlist of Jazz videos.



Click here to see a playlist of calyspo and soca videos: http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7B5A9CDAFBFF6AEA

Now it's your turn to make a slide show about music genres.

Toyo Gakuen University Interest-based English 12 - Lesson 3: If I had a million dollars by the Barenaked Ladies

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Today we are going to listen to one of my favourite songs. The song is called, "If I had a million dollars". If I had a million dollars is by a Canadian pop band called The Barenaked Ladies. The Barenaked Ladies are from my hometown, Toronto.
Enjoy!

Toyo Gakuen University Interest-based English 12 - Lesson 2: Simple Plan

Today we are going to listen to a song by Simple Plan. Please read the profile below.

Simple Plan

Photo of Simple Plan in Osaka, Japan by Wehwalt

• Formed 1993. Montreal, Quebec Canada
• Genre: Pop Punk
• Members: Pierre Bouvier – lead vocals, occasional guitar
  Jeff Stinco – lead guitar
  Sébastien Lefebvre – rhythm guitar, vocals
  Chuck Comeau – drums
  David Desrosiers – bass, vocals
• Most popular song: Perfect
• Awards: Favourite Canadian Band Award in Canada (MMVA, 2002); Favourite Canadian Band Award in Canada (MMVA, 2003); Favourite Canadian Band Award in Canada (MMVA, 2004); Choice Music: Rock Group (Teen Choice Awards, 2005); Favourite Canadian Band Award in Canada (MMVA, 2005); Juno Fan Choice Award (2006); Favourite Canadian Band Award in Canada (MMVA, 2008)

Today we are going to watch the video for Perfect. Click this link:
http://en.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid=5ABD11AE-B610-4997-AE3E-181A315DEF6B

Here's a list of key vocabulary to help you understand the song:

• think back
• grow up
• according to plan
• wasting time
• disapprove
• good enough
• nothing lasts forever

Go to space alc to get a Japanese translation of these phrases.

Some interesting facts about Perfect:

• It is featured on the game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2.
• Perfect is Simple Plan's biggest hit: #1 in Brazil, #6 in Australia, and #23 in America
  

Enjoy!

Toyo Gakuen University Interest-based English 12 - Music PowerPoint Presentations

Students in the Interest-based English 12 (Music) class have finished their presentations! They worked hard and did a great job.

These presentations are profiles of musical artists. Each student chose an artist that he or she liked. Then they found photos on flickr and on artist fan sites. After that, they did research using wikipedia, and other websites. They used three wikipedias: English, Simple English and Japanese. After they got the information they wrote the key points on their PowerPoint slides. Then they changed the key points into sentences and recorded a narration. If you want to learn more about this class and this project please read my EFL Classroom 2.0 blog post. All the students said they enjoyed making the PowerPoints very much. I'm very proud of their work. Enjoy!

Please reward these students' hard work by posting a comment. I'm sure that they will appreciate it.
Thanks!