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1、DiscoveringEnglishThroughNarrativeCountrySongs56RunningHead:DISCOVERINGENGLISHTHROUGHNARRATIVECOUNTRYSONGSDiscoveringEnglishthroughNarrativeCountrySongs:ATheme-BasedApproachtoLearningEnglishasaSecondLanguageAlisonL.CamachoMastersPaperTextbookProspectusDisc
2、overingEnglishThroughNarrativeCountrySongs56TableofContentsRationale………………………………..………………………….............Page3ProjectDescription………………………………………………………….Page5TargetPopulation……………………………………………………………Page5MaterialObjectivesandFocus……………………………………………Page7Theoreti
3、calUnderpinnings……………………………………………………Page8ProjectFeatures………………………………………………………………Page11OtherRelatedWorks…………………………………………………………Page13TableofContentsandOutline……………………………………………….Page15NarrativeandFeedbackfromPilotingtheMaterials………………………..Page22References…………
4、………………………………………………………..Page26SampleTextbookChapter……………………………………………………Page27DiscoveringEnglishThroughNarrativeCountrySongs56RationaleCountrymusiclegend,HankWilliamsSr.,oncesaidthat“asongain’tnothin’intheworldbutastoryjustwrotewithmusictoit”(Freeman1994,p.9
5、6).Althougheveryonemaynotcompletelyagreewiththisstatement,boththerealisticandnarrativenatureofsongscannotbedenied.Thisisespeciallytrueincountrymusic.Unlikeothergenresofmusic,countrymusicischaracterizedbyitsinstrumentalsimplicitycombinedwithitslyricaltales.
6、Infact,almosteverycountrysongtellsastory.Thisstoryisacrucialpartofcountrymusicanditoftenreflectsonreallifeconcernssuchaslove,loneliness,loss,work,religion,infidelityandeveneventsinthenews.Despitethefactthatnoteverysinglepersonmaylikecountrymusic,mostcanrel
7、atetothestoriestoldincountrysongs.AsDiamondandMinicz(1994)describe,“countrysongsareaboutreallife—memoriesandreactionstorealthingsthathappentoeveryone”(p.112).Itistruethateventssuchaslove,deathandevenlonelinesshappentoalmosteveryone,includingESL/EFLstudents
8、.ThisisthereasonwhycountrymusicsongsmakeagreatimpetusforEnglishlanguagelessons.Inaddition,countrymusicsongscangivestudentssignificantinsightintoAmericanculture.DiamondandMinicz(1994)describethisphenomenonwhen
