Admission: Free (Unless otherwise noted)
Venue: Teachers College, Columbia University, Japan
Please make a reservation at: office@tc-japan.edu
| Date & Time | Speaker | Topic (Click the title for details) |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, December 16th, 2010 7:00-9:00pm |
Carolyn Graham | The Creative Classroom: Jazz Chants, Music & Poetry |
Presenter: Carolyn Graham
Date: Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Description:
This two-hour seminar will explore the use of jazz chants in the language classroom. Learn how to create a grammar chant, a vocabulary chant or a chant designed to develop everyday conversation skills. Ms. Graham will discuss the creation and performance of songs and the use of rhythm and simple movement as tools for language development. Explore storytelling, creating and performing poetry and the in-class performance of poetry and jazz chants. This seminar is appropriate for all language teaching contexts, young learners, junior and senior high schools, conversation schools, and even for adults!
About the Presenter:
Carolyn Graham taught English as a Second Language at New York University for 25 years and was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard for nine summers. She currently is working primarily as an author and teacher trainer, giving annual seminars at NYU School of Education and Columbia Teachers College in New York and Tokyo. She is the creator of Jazz Chants and has presented her techniques for using chanting, poetry and music in the classroom throughout the world. She is also a professional musician who worked in the piano bars of New York and Boston for twenty years. (top)