Music in the Foreign Language Classroom: How & Why It Works

We have recently adopted a new approach to the kind of content that will be appearing on music2work2. One of the things that Charlotte and I agreed upon at the beginning of the year was that we wanted to share more about how music really can affect us all. We're using a new tool - Scoop.it which helps us stay on top of all the information out there - and when we find something that we think is relevant and that you'd find interesting, we'll post it here on the blog. We're also sending out relevant tweets and posting separate content to the new Facebook page.

I thought this article on using music in the classroom was a perfect addition to the site - any teachers out there who would like to do this and would like some music2work2 for their classrooms - get in touch - we're always happy to help out the Teachers - without you - where would any of us be!

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You might benefit from using background music in your foreign language classroom as a way to help students focus and concentrate while making the learning experience enjoyable. Music has been proven as a ...
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Can music delay dementia? What new study says

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I have yet to come across a study that says Music is bad for you! There seem to be an ever increasing number of arguments for having more music in your life - I like this study - somebody should wave it in front of government before they kill music in schools!

Brain function better in older people who studied music early in life Read more by David W Freeman on CBS News' HealthPop.
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Sophomore looks at the effects of Music on Studying

Go Ashton Clinger! She seems like a girl after my own heart. Click through and read the article as not only is it an interesting read but her results seem to match up with the much larger data generated by Dr. Haake when she studied the effects of music in the work place. Bottom line - it seems that if you like the music you're listening to - or at least have control over it - then it does aid performance - make people to listen to music they don't like or normally listen to - and that's when it becomes a distraction.

Cascade sophomore takes her analysis of the effects of music on studying to ...Great Falls Tribune"Classical music won't be on the radios of any high schoolers' trucks," she said.
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