Music as a tool for foreign language learning in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education

The present paper aims at promoting pedagogical reflection by providing the theoretical foundations on the connections between foreign language learning (FLL) and music, which shapes a CLIL Music program named MOVIC (Movement & Music in English). It also encourages the implementation CLIL Music appr...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Torras Vila, Berta|||0000-0002-7316-3789
Format: Article
Publication date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:236203
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/236203
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/clil.60
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:English
Music
CLIL
Innovation
Anglès
Música
AICLE
Innovació
Inglés
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Summary:The present paper aims at promoting pedagogical reflection by providing the theoretical foundations on the connections between foreign language learning (FLL) and music, which shapes a CLIL Music program named MOVIC (Movement & Music in English). It also encourages the implementation CLIL Music approaches in EFL classrooms. The paper focuses on the benefits that music brings to the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom, as well as it contextualizes the current situation in the Spanish education system and the pedagogical possibilities that the use of music encompasses. Finally, it presents the EFL approach to MOVIC, together with a sample activity, and it provides