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KUIS January 2017

Folk Music Therapy Case Studies XII

KUIS

Folk Music Therapy Case Studies XII

January, 2017 From “The Importance of Music and Song” Class, Edited by Students and Tim Murphey, Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS)

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Table of Contents & Introduction Authors 1. MAKISHIMA HIKARU 2. MIYAYAMA YUI 3. ISHIDA CHIAKI 4. ISHIZAKA YUKI 5. KAWAMURA MIHO 6. KOBAYASHI TOMOKA 7. NAKAJIMA YUSUKE 8. OHKAWA JUN 9. OZAWA SAORI 10. SHIOJI MISAKI 11. TAKEUCHI YURI 12. TSUCHIYA SHOTA 13. YAMAGUCHI RIONA 14. MATSUMOTO MEGUMI 15. IZUMI RISAKO 16. KADO DAIKI 17. KIMURA CHIHIRO 18. NAKAGAMI SAKI 19. NINOMIYA YUKI 20. SAKURAI MOEKA 21. SATO MUTSUMI 22. SATO YURIA 23. MATSUBARA ANNA 24. HAYASHI YUICHI

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Diversity of Learning!

Multilingual “How are You-ing?”

Love Makes Everything Possible!!!

Teaching: A Small Turtle Revolution My Mom’s Ways to Happiness My Brother Shows Me How to Learn Smiling Gestures My Father Sings Young Strong & Beautiful A Good Life! Here and Now! Singing Turtle Courage!

Changing and Creating Myself How do you succeed? Teach!

Singing Well! Eating Well!

Smiles on the Phone This University is Fun for Me Teaching-Challenge Challenges Brother My Mom’s Version of the 5 Ways to Happy Happy with Gestures!

Singing Happy Together Changes Us I’m in Love!

Music is Medicine Challenging Teaching Asking!

Forever Young!

Doidagin Doidagin 25. Pedagogicol Options When Teaching Songlets + Songlets

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Song Lyrics are in boxes on some of the following pages in (x): How do you succeed?

(14,25,26); 5 Ways to Happiness? (7,8,18,19,20,21,23); A Turtle Trying to Fly (6,12); Why do you smile? (9,16); How do you eat well (3,15); Are you young? (10,22); What is asking? (24); How do you like it here? (17); Who do you love? (5); How do you have a good life? (11); How do you change the world? (13).

Introduction This class publication was put together by the amazing Fall Sogo III 2016 class entitled “The Importance of Music and Song” (see participants photo on the front cover). This volume included 24 individual musical therapy case studies, followed by some pedagogical tips and a few more songs. The songs are tied to important questions as cues to their singing. Please enjoy and try them yourselves. This is Volume XII. The previous volumes can be accessed online at https://sites.google.com/site/folkmusictherapy/home and this volume will join them soon. Any feedback, please send to mits@kanda.kuis.ac.jp I will miss my amazing students!

Tim Murphey

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1. Diversity of Learning!

Hikaru Makishima The person I chose to teach the song is my younger sister. She is a 3rd grade junior high school student and learning English at school. The reason why I chose her is that I know she doesn’t like studying English and she always says that she cannot find the pleasure of learning English. I thought this teaching would be a good opportunity for her to know how fun learning English is. The song I chose is “How do you eat well?” because she really likes to eat and is getting fatter and fatter these days. So I wanted her to know the importance of diversity and balance.

At first, I only taught her the main idea of this song in Japanese while we were having dinner. As I made sure that she got it, I showed her my singing the song (without gestures) in English after dinner. Of course, she asked me what the song was and what “lidabida” was. Then I taught the meaning of words that she might have heard for the first time. She seemed to like the part “lidabida” and said it was a little funny. I sang the song 5 times constantly in front of her and let her sing it together even if her pronunciation was bad. I asked her “how do you eat well?” and she answered it with my help. I told her to practice and remember this song.

Three days later, I asked her “how do you eat well?” when she was having breakfast. She stopped her hands and said nothing. She couldn’t remember the song.

However, that was within my expectation. It was because I didn’t teach her any gestures! When I got home, I showed her the song with gestures and she imitated what I did. She sang the song with gestures with a smile.

Now she completely remembered the song thanks to gestures. If she couldn’t remember the first sentence, just giving her the hint of a gesture makes her remember. I am very pleased that she looks so happy when she sings it.

For her, the most important and helpful thing was gestures. I believe that gestures make the song easier to remember because it became like “action song.”

For the person who doesn’t like studying English so much, like my sister, enjoying the song is more necessary than the meaning or grammar. Thanks to this teaching, I could also learn about diversity of ways to learn English with fun! *** (tune: Santa Claus is Coming to Town)

How do you eat well? [a little bit of = alidabida] Take a little bit of this / Take a little bit of that (x2) Diversify and balance your life!

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2. Multilingual “How Are You-ing?”

Yui Miyayama I chose two of my friends who are in the department of Portuguese and Vietnamese at KUIS. I guessed students majoring in English are good at speaking English and memorizing English sentences. It must be more difficult to learn English speed dictation for students majoring in languages other than English than those who study English. I decided to teach them “How are you?” song because it can be used in daily life as one of their greetings.

I first taught them on November 24 at 11:00 AM for about 10 minutes at a café.

They were interested in this project and accepted my request kindly. I sang them “How are you?” song three times. Next, we sang it together three times. They asked me the meaning of prodigious. I answered it is the same meaning as wonderful.

Moreover, they seemed to have a trouble with pronouncing prodigious. That is why, I looked up the pronunciation of prodigious in a dictionary. I listened to the pronunciation with a dictionary a few times. Then, I practiced the pronunciation with them until they mastered it. Their pronunciation became better than before practicing it. Finally, they sang the song alone. Surprisingly, they started translating it into Vietnamese and Portuguese. I found Portuguese words are similar to English words.

On the other hand, Vietnamese pronunciation is much more difficult than English one.

They made the Portuguese and Vietnamese versions of “How are you?” song. They taught me the two new versions of it, but the Vietnamese version was too difficult for me to sing because of pronunciation. I enjoyed being taught and singing with them.

I met them at KUIS Café a few days later. I asked them “How are you?” They answered “Super happy optimistic joyful and prodigious!” in a loud voice. They looked super happy!! Then, one of them asked me “Tudo bem?”(How are you? in Portuguese). I answered “Super feliz otimista alegre e maravilha!” cheerfully. My friend said “Perfeito!” (Perfeito means perfect in English.) I was so happy and satisfied with being able to sing the Portuguese version perfectly. Translating “How are you?” song into languages other than English was so interesting and fun for me.

Moreover, I was able to learn Portuguese words easily.

For me, this project was so interesting and useful for me because I did not only teach but I was also being taught new “How are you?” song by my friends. Next time, if I were going to do this project again, I would like to sing a song and create gestures or dance with my friends.

How are you?

“Tudo bem?”

Super happy optimistic joyful and prodigious “Super feliz otimista alegre e maravilha!” (Portuguese) Sugoi kampeki subarashi sekkyokuteki genki

(Japanese)

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3. Love Makes Everything Possible!!!

Chiaki Ishida I choose to teach to my mother and boyfriend the song 'Who do you love?' I selected this song is because I am in love with many things on my life, so I thought this song has the best correlation with my daily life. In addition, I choose my mother as one of the learners because she cannot speak English, yet she is very interested in speaking English and I wanted to show her what I am studying and doing at my university. I also taught the song to my boyfriend who comes from Thailand because he knows English very well and I thought it would be interesting to compare the difference between a non-English speaker and an English speaker.

First, I started to teach the song to them at the same time and with the same amount of explanations. I initially thought it would be more difficult to teach an English song to my mother than my boyfriend because she does not speak English as much as us. As I thought, in the beginning it was very hard for her to remember the lyrics, especially blended words like I'll 'and 'you'll' because she had never spoken English before. In contrast, teaching my boyfriend went really smoothly. He could sing smoothly after I sang to him. However, as I taught them 15 min per day, for 4 days, surprisingly my mother gradually could remember the song and she hummed while cooking. I was really impressed with her fast progress to learn an English song.

On the other hand, my boyfriend could sing the song only after I sang, so I realized that my boyfriend was actually just repeating the song. On day 7 after I started this project, my mom completely sang the song alone!! She just said to me 'listen listen!! ' Then, she started singling!! I was so surprised and amazed about her efforts to learn the song even if it was quite difficult for her to understand and remember English. Also on the same day, my boyfriend also sang it perfectly.

To sum up, based on the results of my case study, the differences of learning English songs between non-English speaker and English speaker was not remarkable in fact, in this case study. Although it is a substantial fact that people who have experienced with English, or communicate with it, usually have an easier time learning new things in English, the motivations and performances are necessary to achieve a goal. Moreover, people who do not have much English can still sing English. Melody makes them learn more enjoyably and efficiently. The important thing is to enjoy learning and that enjoyment creates easier learning. Now my mother sings this song from time to time while she is cooking and also my boyfriend sings this song to me on the phone. Love makes everything possible!!

Who do you love?

I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always As long as I'm living, My baby you'll be!

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4. Teaching: A Small Turtle Revolution Yuki Ishizaka I learned a lot of speed dictations in our classes. I came to like them. I especially liked "A turtle trying to fly is more beautiful than a bird sitting in a tree." This sentence is not so long, but it has important meaning. I taught it to my elder brother.

My brother’s name is Takashi. He worked as a hair stylist in Ginza, Tokyo. His company was expanding and opened a branch shop in New York City. My brother was willing to go there. He has studied English before and got a good Eiken score.

He could speak and understand English a little bit before he left. He passed an English test in his company and so they sent him. He also works in New York now.

When he came back to Japan recently, he told me how much New York English was different from Japanese tests of English. He experienced real English. He is making efforts to let the local people know.

I told him "A turtle trying to fly is more beautiful than a bird sitting in a tree." It was very impressive for him. He had not wanted to be seen making efforts before.

But the speed dictation has changed his mind. He at first hesitated to make efforts in front of people. For example, watching movies in English without subtitles, speaking to foreign people, practicing pronunciations many times when he did not know the words.

Watching movies in English without substitutes is a little bit difficult for Japanese who are not accustomed to quick English. When he was practicing something enthusiastically, I thought he was cool and wonderful. After that I tried to watch movies like him. It was difficult for me. That was what I thought. However, I got used to do it. It was a big step for me. When I tried at first, I could not concentrate on the movie because I cared too much about the words which were said by actors. But my brother inspired me to try again, and to just enjoy. I made it this time. Now I love watching movies in English.

In conclusion, teaching something good gives us two things. One is an opportunity to change our minds. It was a good moment to start or restart something which we are about to stop. The other is an opportunity to review or study again.

Making sure that we learned makes us brave. Teaching should be a small revolution.

What’s more beautiful than a bird sitting in a tree?

A turtle trying to fly is more beautiful than a bird sitting in a tree!

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5. My Mom’s Ways to Happiness Miho Kawamura I choose my mother as my partner for this project because I live with my family, but my father and brother are not in the house often. I usually talk with my mother every day so I thought that she would be the appropriate person for me. In addition, she has never come in touch with English at all. She wanted me to learn English and she let me go to a private-tutoring school of English when I was a child. However, in fact she cannot understand English. So, I was interested in her response to learning English. I choose the "5 ways to happiness" to teach her because I like this SD's melody and it has affirmations. I think it is a hint of living life well.

At first, I taught her about this SD's content in Japanese. When she heard the English, she looked confused. I predicted this reaction. But, she could understand only easy words (such as smiling). Then, I taught the melody of this SD by singing a lot of times. After listening to my singing, she said "learning with singing is really effective. Having a melody or tempo makes it easier. I cannot understand English at all but this leads the way and makes English easier for a beginner like me." I was surprised because she enjoyed singing. My motivation to teach grew.

After the first day, I succeeded to teach the content, so next I started to teach the melody of SD. Every night, I asked my mother if she remembered the melody and what she could sing. The first night, she said "I cannot sing. I have never come in touch with English, it is so difficult." And I sang with her and I asked her, "Please sing after me." Thanks to this effort, she gradually become able to sing alone!

Through this teaching, I could find teaching with singing is really a good way for not only learners but also beginners. Singing makes English more memorable and makes it familiar for anyone. I think that I and my mother learned something new in this activity. She could find the pleasure of English and also learned how to make life healthy and positive. I thought that teaching to my mother would be really hard for me. However, it was a needless fear thanks to the song and melody. I found pleasure when she understood English by my teaching. I enjoyed this Case Study.

What are the 5 ways to happiness? (Tune 12 Day of Xmas.)

When you want to be happy, there’s # (1-5) things you can do

1.Smile from ear to ear 2. Breathe in deep 3. Look up at the sky 4. Sing a melody

5. Dare to show your love

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6. My Brother Shows Me How to Learn Tomoka Kobayashi I chose my brother who is seventeen and a high school student. The reason why I chose my brother was that he studies English at high school. I thought he could understand easily what I said. He has studied English only at junior high school and high school. So he is not yet good at speaking. But he knows a lot of vocabulary because he was studying English for examinations.

On December 10th, I taught my brother the “5 ways to happiness.” I chose this song because it has gestures and is related to how we live. He looks so busy every day because of club activities. So I thought this song was suitable for him. First I sang the song with gestures. And I explained to him the meaning of each gesture. He didn`t know some of the words. But after I explained it, he could understand all of the meanings.

Next, I had my brother repeat and imitate me. After that I let him sing the song by himself. Of course he couldn`t do it. But he remembered the gestures perfectly. And he also remembered key words of each chunk. For example, he said “Smiling…ear” but not the full line. So I show him all the song again.

Next, I let him translate the song into Japanese. He could translate it and he could understand it much more clearly than before. Finally, he could sing the song by himself perfectly. We sang together tree times.

The next day, I asked my brother “What are the 5 ways to happiness?” and he sang the song perfectly with gestures. Furthermore, he sang it smoothly. I was very surprised because I expected he couldn`t answer perfectly. I asked him why did you sing it so smoothly? He said “I repeated many times with the gestures.”

In conclusion, I was really surprised how quickly he remembered. He remembered gestures first which led him to the words. After he understood all of the meanings, he could remember the song. So I thought gestures help us to remember something difficult and give our brains hints for the words. Also repeating was a very helpful way to remember and practice. I could notice these things through my case study. From now on, I will use these ways of learning when I remember something long or difficult.

Dare to show your love

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7. Smiling Gestures Yusuke Nakajima When I heard this project, I thought my mother would be good to teach because I get along with her. I chose the song 'Why do you smile?' to teach. The reason why we chose this song is that I gave her two choices. One was this song, and the other was the 'How are you?' song. I asked my mother "Which do you want to be taught?" My mother asked me "What are the meanings?" After I explained the meanings, my mother chose 'Why do you smile?' song because she likes the saying in Japanese.

On December 2nd, I sang the song with gesture in English after dinner. My mother was very surprised because I had never used English in our house. I thought it would be difficult for her to memorize in English, so I sang the song in Japanese.

She seemed to be interested in the song and the rhythm. After that, we started singing together. At first, she could not sing well because she hardly uses English in her life. So she does not know how to pronounce, and she is unfamiliar with English, she sometimes mistook the grammar. But after I taught the gesture in every words, she could sing the song with gesture correctly. Then I asked her to sing the song by herself. She could sing it somehow. And I made her sing it again and again. Because I think repeating is the most useful way to memorize.

From that day, I often asked her "Why do you smile?" Wherever she was.

For example, kitchen, bathroom and toilet. Gradually, she improved to sing and pronounced the English well. I was surprised because she perfectly memorized the gestures. She said "Thanks to the gestures, I could memorize the song easily.".

As a test, I asked her "Why do you smile?" when she got up in the morning on December 6th. She could sing "Smiling brings you happiness, let it show the way.' immediately. I thought she could memorize the song perfectly.

Through this activity, I thought songs and gestures are very useful to memorize or teach something. If I taught the saying in English without music and gesture, she could not memorize it. So, I want teachers to use music in classes when we have to memorize something. Because it helps us to memorize, and we can study enjoyably. Also I think teachers can enjoy teaching.

Why do you Smile?

J

Warau kado niwa fuku kitaru

J

Smiling brings you happiness, let it show the way

J

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8. My Father Sings Young Strong & Beautiful Jun Ohkawa I chose my father who is 50 years old to teach. He doesn't know much about English, but he thinks to learn language is not difficult. He expects me to speak English fluently and completely, because I have studied English since elementary school. In addition, he is interested in learning language. He likes Korean drama and wants to learn Korean. I want him to know English and the difficulty to learn a language through this Case Study.

I decided the song I would teach him in advance. I chose "Young and Strong and Beautiful." I thought the music lyrics of this song contains some words he doesn't know. It seemed a bit difficult to learn this song for him, but I wanted him to make efforts.

On the first day, after his work, I told him about our class. He has already known our class a little bit because I have taught him juggling and what we learned. I asked him to cooperate with our project. He agreed willingly. Then, I sang "Young and Strong and Beautiful,” and I asked him to write down the music lyrics. He said, I hardly caught what you sang because of your singing. Then I showed the music lyrics and I taught the meaning of the lyrics. I also taught him some vocabulary he didn't know. He just memorized part of "I'm in LOVE!" at first. After he understood the meaning of the lyrics, he memorized other parts gradually. After all, we sang this song more than 5 times.

Two days later, I asked him to sing "Young and Strong and Beautiful".

Although he missed some words, he could sing it smoothly. He said "I practiced on my way to home yesterday. Moreover, this song repeated in my head unconsciously.

So I could remember it easily.” Then we checked the lyrics. After practicing, he could remember completely.

Through this Case Study, I was impressed by the importance of music.

Although I just taught him a song and some vocabulary, he could remember the lyrics completely. I found singing is a good way to learn language. In addition, this project is a good opportunity to teach someone English. I appreciate my father who cooperated with me.

Are you young?

I'm young and strong and beautiful, I'm living an adventure, The world's so fascinating, It makes me wanna cry! I wanna cry to the world! I wanna fly all around I wanna tell everybody I'm in love (x6), I wanna tell everybody I'm in love (Then everyone shouts “I’m in love!”)

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9. A Good Life! Here & Now! Saori Ozawa I decided to teach songs to my younger brother, Takahiro, who is a high school student and 17 years old. He is not good at studying English, but I chose him to teach because I think that learning English with music is very fun and makes English easier to remember than studying it without music. I taught him the song "How do you like it here?" and "How do you have a good life?" There are two reason why I chose these songs. Firstly, I like these songs' melody and lyrics and these songs are easy to remember, I think. As a second reason, he will become a university student next year, so I thought that these songs suited to encourage him in starting his new life.

The first day I taught him was Dec 3. I called him at 9 pm for about 15 minutes.

At first, I sang "How do you have good life?" to him several times to memorize the melody on the phone. Also he made a note of lyrics as he could practice to sing the song whenever he liked. When I told him the meaning of this song, he said "I could understand the meaning of this song because the words are very easy!", and then I suggested that we try to sing it together once, but he first hesitated to sing. So I sang it again and again and again, then he gradually became to sing after me and we sang together maybe 3 times but his pronunciation still was not good. I explained that I would call the next day and ask him the question of the song so he should practice.

The next day, I called and asked, "How do you have good life?" to him. He answered with the melody, but he made some mistakes with pronunciation and rhythm, so I taught him how to read the lines again and we sang together. I promised him that I would call 4 hours later. When I called him the next time and I asked the question of the song, he sang the song perfectly! His pronunciation was also good.

Despite hesitating to sing the day before, he seemed to have fun to sing it now. I was really surprised that he said he wanted to learn another song! So I taught him "How do you like it here?"

This experience was really interesting and fun for me because I could understand studying with music is a nice way to study English. Even if the person is not good at English, they can learn it with fun. I was really happy to see that my younger brother gradually likes English!

"How do you have good life?"

Make new friends and keep the old / One is silver and the other’s gold.

"How do you like it here?"

This university is fun for me / Got all my friends all around Move your feet and keep a beat and it sure will be sweet Dancing’s what friendly friends are for!

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10. Singing Turtle Courage!

Misaki Shioji The person I chose is my student at a cram school. Her name is Ayaka. She is third year JHS student and she studies a lot to pass the entrance exams for HS. The English song for her is “What is more beautiful than a bird sitting is a tree?” I chose it for two reasons. One is that the song is at a JHS level, I think. The other reason is that I wanted to give her courage to challenge entering a high school where she really wants to go. Although she has a nice goal, she’s almost given up because her scores have not been high enough yet.

I first taught the song to Ayaka on November 21st after a regular lesson for approximately 10 minutes. I am always consulted by her about the examinations, so I thought this is a good time to teach her the English song. At first I sang it. Then I wrote down the lyrics on a paper and explained the meaning. She seemed to understand it and also she was impressed. After that I taught the melody to her only one time and she repeated the song after me.

On November 24th, Fortunately, I met her at the cram school again. I asked “what is more beautiful than a bird sitting in a tree?” to her. But she couldn’t sing the song completely. On the other hand, she could say only some words, like “A turtle”, “more beautiful” or “a bird”. This time, I drew “a turtle trying to fly” and “a bird sitting in a tree” with her. After that She and I sang it repeatedly.

On November 28th, I have a regular lesson with her, so I could meet her. After the lesson, I asked her “What is more beautiful that a bird sitting in a tree?” Then, she could sing it. According to her, when she studied at school or at home, she often sang the song to encourage herself.

Through this study I could reach my own goal, which is I wanted her to have more courage. Ayaka got courage to aim for her own goal. She tends to show her pretty smile, I think recently. This is a very wonderful result. Learning English in a Japanese JHS is not fun for students. However, English with songs makes them excited. I think music has a strong power to encourage someone.

What’s more beautiful than a bird sitting in a tree?

A turtle trying to fly is more beautiful than a bird sitting in a tree!

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11. Changing and Creating Myself Yuri Takeuchi "When you change yourself, you change the world."

This song changed my stiff thinking into wonderful flexible ways of thinking. One year ago, I took Tim's “Ways� class. I was really moved by Tim's words and songs.

Especially, the song "Be the Change" became one of my favorite songs. My way of thinking was changed by this song, and I wanted to share it with my friend.

One of my best friends, Youko always tries to absorb anything that she wants to know or has interest in. When I told her about Tim's class and this case study, she said "It sounds fun! I want to know your favorite one!" Therefore, I chose her as the person who I taught one of the SDs to.

First, I sang the change song for Youko on the phone. Honestly, she is weak in English, and could not understand the meanings of the lyrics. However, she said "What wonderful music! I don't know the meanings because I don't understand English, but I think it's such a beautiful song". I felt she was very aware of my motives. Then, I taught her this song for 30 minutes. We sang it a lot, and surprisingly she could sing it with me. She said, "I wanna know the meanings of this song!"

Two days later, I called Youko again and taught her the meanings of the lyrics.

She was surprised that the lyrics are quotes of Gandi and Michael Jackson. After I taught all of the meanings of the lyrics, she said that she was moved by the meanings and these words were meaningful for her now.

Youko and I used to belong to the brass band club at our high school, and when we graduated from our high school our club teacher gave us the words, "The behavior creates the person." I think it means that if I behave kind to people, I become a kind person. We considered that the meaning of his words are related to the change song. We have to try to do something to change ourselves. We have to change ourselves, to stand tall, not to be small! Through the change song and teacher's words, we could have confidence to change ourselves.

Recently, Youko and I often talk about our future, and struggle between ideal and reality. Thanks to this song, we can believe that we can be the change we wish to see. We promised to stand tall in the world.

How do you change the world? (Words from Gandhi and Michael Jackson) Be the change (x3) you wish to see in the world I don't serve my dear world by pretending to be small I'll stand tall I will stand tall When you change yourself, you change the world!

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12. How Do You Succeed? Teach!

Shota Tsuchiya On December 3rd, I went back to my hometown and met my family. Now, I am living at near this university, so I'm living alone apart from them. That's why I cannot talk with my family a lot and also I cannot tell them what I learn at Kanda. When I heard this case study, I decided to teach my family because I felt this is a good opportunity to tell them what I do here.

First of all, I taught my young brother Taisei, a junior high school student who studies English hard. I chose " How do you succeed?" This song fits him because he is still JHS student and he can try a lot of things.

His personality is a little bit of a coward, he usually worries about mistakes.

Therefore, I want to teach him about “making many mistakes� is a very important thing to success in life. When I returned home, my younger brother was studying English for a test. So I helped him to understand it easily before I taught him about the song. When we finished studying for the test, I asked him "How do you succeed?" and I sang doitagain many times. At first, he couldn't understand the meaning of this song because he doesn't have much vocabulary. Before telling him the meaning of this song, I taught him in Japanese then I told him in English again.

Actually he was not interested in this song, he looked very tired. However, I talked about my mistake story in easy English to let him understand easily. Then, he asked me a lot of questions and also he was interested in my song.

I thought he understood that "make many mistakes and do it again" is a very important thing to succeed. That night, we sang this song many times, and he said to me that he will try a lot of things to succeed and if he makes mistakes he wants me to help him. I was very happy to hear that, this case study was really a good opportunity to tell the meanings of important things.

By doing this case study, I learned a lot of things. For example, it is more difficult to teach something to someone than to simply learn. To teach someone, it is also a good opportunity for me to study myself. I will teach more things to other friends and family to share with them about the importance making mistakes and understanding more ourselves. My mistake in this case study was thinking that my brother was going to learn the most. Now I see I learned a lot, probably more than he did.

How do you succeed? (Tune: Santa Claus is Coming 2 town) Kaeuta A) Do it again x 8(doidagin) Make many mistakes and do it again.

B) Yariba dekiru Naseba Naru x2 Nana korobi ya oki!

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13. Singing Well! Eating Well!

Riona Yamaguchi I chose my friend Chiharu to teach a song. Chiharu is 21 years old and she is not a KUIS student. The reason why I chose her is we are friends since we were 5 years old, and we have a part time job at the same place. Thus, I think we can meet easily and I can teach well. I taught " How do you eat well?" song to Chiharu because recently she becomes a little fat. When I asked “Why did you get fat?” she said, “I continue eating when I have free time.” It is bad for her health so I thought I would teach her this song.

On November 24th at 3 PM, we met at Chiharu's house and I taught the song about 30 minutes. First I showed the gestures of this song. She said “What are you doing. I can not understand.” After I taught the gestures and I started singing, she enjoyed the song and asked “What is ‘lidabida’?” I said "You noticed a good point! " and I started to teach this song's lyrics. I taught the correct words for "lidabida" and then she understood the meaning. Then, I taught all the lyrics and the meanings. She understood and she said “This song is important for me.” Finally, I taught the melody and we sang it about 5 times with gestures. In addition, we ate snacks after teaching!

She tried to eat a lot of snacks, so I asked " How do you eat well?" which made her think more about the snacks and slow down. I could see this song had an impact.

Three days later, we met at part time job's place. I asked her " How do you eat well?" She was surprised and thought a few seconds and answered it. She could gesture perfectly but she forgot the word "diversify" so I taught it and we sang together. We worked together about 4 hours so I asked this question once an hour.

She always answered perfectly. After working I asked her if she enjoyed singing in English or not. She said Yes! because she listens to only Japanese songs usually so this is a good experience for her.

All in all, I learned teaching something is difficult but it was fun from this project. Also, I think songs are good for learning. Chiharu did not like English but now she asked me some questions about English. She is interested in English since she could sing this English song. Teaching was difficult but I am happy she enjoyed English. And maybe she will also learn to eat well!

How do you eat well?

Take a little bit of this, take a little bit of that (x2) Diversify and balance your life!

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14. Smiles on the Phone Megumi Matsumoto I taught the song “Why do you smile?” to my young sister. There are some reasons why I choose this song to teach my young sister. First, my sister doesn’t use English in daily life so this song is one of the easiest ones to remember. Additionally, the origin of this song is Japanese Kotowaza “ ” so I think she might be able to remember the meaning of the song easily. Moreover, she is worrying about job hunting so I want to send the song to her. Actually she doesn’t like English and is not in touch with English in her daily life. Hence I want her to touch English a little bit and have interest in it.

I live in Tokyo alone and she lives in Gunma prefecture, my hometown, so I called her and taught the song on December 1st. I sang the song about 10 times but she couldn’t sing it well. Because of it, she asked me “I want to look at the sentence so can you send the song on LINE?” so I took a picture of my note and sent it. After that she wrote the song on her notebook and we practiced. However, she couldn’t pronounce “let it show” well. If I were my sister, I might feel difficulty with this part because Japanese doesn’t have this kind of pronunciation. Thus I taught this part carefully. We talked about 20 minutes and she could remember the song.

On December 5th, I called her again and asked “Why do you smile?” to my sister. She remembered words “smile” and “happiness” but she couldn’t sing the whole sentence. Then, I taught her the song origin, the Japanese Kotowaza version.

She was surprised about that but she tried to remember again because she had interest in it. We practiced singing about 10 times the English version and after that I recommended her to say Japanese meaning. Next day, I called to my sister again and asked the question. She could sing the whole sentence and she also remembered the Japanese meaning, too.

She said that she had never tried to study English by singing a song but it was fun. Additionally, she also mentioned that she could understand the meaning exactly so it might help to remember the song. I thought teaching is really difficult.

Not just teaching but also singing and showing interests is important to teach.

Why do you Smile?

Warau kado niwa fuku kitaru Smiling brings you happiness, let it show the way

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15. This University is Fun for Me! Risako Izumi I chose my younger sister, Tomoka to teach a song to because she is a high school student, and she wants to learn English if she can enter the university. When I listen to foreign music, she often asks me what song it is, and we sing together. She is interested in English and foreign songs so I thought she would like to do this activity.

I taught her the song on December 10th, and I chose “How do you like it here?”

The reason why I chose this song is that next year she has to take the entrance examinations, and she is thinking which university is good for her so I want to teach her this song, and I hope she could respect the university. At first, I sang it many times to her, and she repeated it after me. She could not memorize the lyrics and melody so I sang each phrases. Also, I wrote the lyrics because it is easy to memorize and understand the lyrics. Then, she could sing this song with me.

However, she did not understand the meaning of the lyrics, “Dancing’s what friendly friends are for,” and she could not sing this part, “it sure will be sweet” I taught her the meaning, and we practiced many times. She decided to keep practicing by herself.

After few days, when I asked her this song, she looked like she could not sing it, but after I taught only the melody, she could sing the song, and we sang it together.

She could sing her difficult part, “it sure will be sweet,” too, because she practiced by herself. Finally, we were singing together. Moreover, I wanted to teach her this song with cups so I taught her the cups. First, I did cups slowly, and she tried to do after me. She has a sense of rhythm so she could do cups soon. After that, we sang the song while doing the cups. It was difficult to sing with cups, but she enjoyed so much.

She said that she likes this song and it is fun to do cups, too.

Sometimes I taught her Tim’s class songs so she knows many songs.

However, she said that her best song is “How do you like it here?” and she looked forward to entering the university after I taught it. That's why she could sing this song soon, and she enjoyed singing.

How do you like it here?

This university is fun for me Got all my friends all around Move your feet and keep a beat and it sure will be sweet Dancing’s what friendly friends are for

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16. Teaching-Challenge Challenges Brother Daiki Kado I taught to my younger brother Yuki who is a JHS third year student. I taught the five ways to happiness. The reason why I chose this song was that recently he looks really nervous because he will have high school entrance exams so he has to study hard. He can't to do what he wants to do. Therefore, I want to make him happy.

I first taught Yuki on December 1 for about 10 minutes after dinner. Honestly speaking, at first he refused a little because he didn't want to listen to English not related to his studying. However, I said that if you learn this song you will be happy and relaxed for studying. He accepted this and became interested in the song. At first I tried to teach him like in our class, so I did a speed dictation three times but he couldn't do it because he was tired then I changed my mind. I decided to teach the Japanese version at first with doing gestures. At the same time, I also taught the meaning of the song because I thought it would be helpful to remember the song easier. He repeated after me and we sang together may be five times. Then he could remember the Japanese version completely with gestures and sang it alone.

I told him when I see you every time every time I will ask “What are the five ways to happiness?” He looked a little bit worried. The next day I asked him the question and he remember the five ways in Japanese with gestures. I was happy that he could remember it all. That evening I taught him the song in English. I sang it three times and after that he repeated after me four times then he said proudly “I can sing alone.”

I could ask one or two times a day for the next few days. At first, he was shy to speak English so he didn't want to sing that he said. However, I asked him again and again. So he changed and sang it actively. I was surprised and happy.

For me this experience was really interesting because my brother had gotten interested in English. Actually before this challenge he disliked English so he was shy to speak English. However, he changed now, he is active to study English. I really appreciate that this teaching-challenge case study challenged me to challenge him to change. I felt to teach is fun because I can watch a student improve.

Breathe in deep

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17. My Mom’s Version of the 5 Ways To Happy Chihiro Kimura For this project, I taught “5 Ways to Happiness” in English to my mother for a week. I already taught it to her as my homework once, but she did not remember all. I choose her because she's interested in English. However, unfortunately, she doesn't have an opportunity to study English by herself. She also isn't confident to speak in English. To achieve her goal, I gave her a chance to speak more.

First, on December 1st at 6 pm, I taught her for about 20 minutes in total. (I did it twice for 10 minutes in a day.) It seemed to be hard for her to understand long sentences, so I simplified them. I just gave her chunks like “Smile from ear to ear”, and I did gestures with exaggerations. She seemed to enjoy learning this way. She also wondered about the meanings, and she asked me to translate into Japanese. I tried to record a video of our practice, but I didn't have time to make it.

My mother memorized the phases to the chorus parts of a song called “Before I Forget” by Slipknot which is a tune that she likes and is very familiar with.

So she learned the 5 ways to happiness not to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas,” but to her favorite song’s tune. For 3 days, from December 2nd to 4th, she memorized them as I suggested and studied with me.

From day 5, on December 5th, it showed that her memory was better than the 1st day. I was surprised at her progress because she originally couldn't understand even a few words in English. I really wondered how she improved it by herself, so I asked her. She said “I really enjoy memorizing English words with my favorite tune!” On day 7, December 8th, I tested how she remembered it and she could say all the phrases perfectly. She also showed me her confidence to speak in English.

After I finished my study, I found several crucial things that I learned through this class. One is setting up the environment to study. In my case, allowing her to use her own favorite tune motivated her greatly I think. Adapting to her level was also crucial, for example, chunking the phrases simply and doing gestures when we said words.

Making it a daily routine was also important. As the class does many things twice in a week and doing fun homework, these actions make your motivation to study increase.

She actually seemed to do it with no stress. I really enjoyed to study with her, and I'd like to help people who start to study English using this way.

Smile from ear to ear

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18. Happy With Gestures!

Saki Nakagami I chose my sister, Tomoka. There were two reasons why I chose her. One was that it was easy to teach her because we lived together. The other was that she is interested in learning English. Actually, she took many English classes at the university. I decided to teach her “5 ways to happiness.” The reasons why I chose the song were that I wanted her to be happier because she looked tired because of her part-time job and a lot of assignments, and I wanted to choose a song which had gestures.

I first taught my sister on December 1 at 8 pm for about 15 minutes. We were sitting in a living room. I sang the song once and then, I showed her the lyrics. She wrote all the lyrics on a paper. Then, I sang it again and she repeated it after me. It was not difficult for her to sing the song because she knew the song’s original melody, “The twelve days of Christmas” I taught her that if we used gestures while singing the song, we could memorize it more easily, and I taught her the gestures. We sang it three times with gestures.

The next day, around 8 pm, my sister and I sang the song together. She remembered the melody and gestures but she forgot some parts of lyrics. So, I sang the song by myself and then, she told me that she remembered it all. We sang it together. I told her that I would test her whether she could remember the song the next day. The next day, around 7 am, I asked her to sing the song with gestures. I was surprised because she sang it perfectly. She told me that remembering it was not difficult because she had not needed to memorize the melody and the gestures reminded her of the whole lyrics.

In the evening, around 7 pm, I asked her to sing the song by herself. I asked it unexpectedly and she was a little surprised but she could sing the song with gestures perfectly. This activity was interesting. I found that if we want to memorize songs, it is a good way to use gestures. Also, singing a song with gestures is very fun. So, I recommend people who want to teach songs to others to use gestures. My sister looked like she was enjoying singing the song. I think it was a great experience for both me and her.

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19. Singing Happy Together Changes Us Yuki Ninomiya I taught the song “What are the 5 ways to happiness?” to my youngest sister on December 11. She is 16 years old and a high school student. Now, she belongs to the brass band club, so she practices it very hard. She recently has some troubles about the members of her club. Therefore, she looks so sad and cheerless. I also experienced this when I was high school student when I belonged to the brass band club too. I thought I would like to cheer her up and see her cheerful face. That is the reason why I chose my younger sister.

First, I sang the song to her, but she could not understand the meaning. She likes English, but it was difficult for her to understand especially the vocabulary.

However, she had heard the tune, so she remembered it. I used gestures with my hand to help her understand. She understood most of it. The gestures were easy to memorize for her. She said I could understand it because gestures make me assimilate it easily.

Second, I taught the lyrics of the song. She did not know some vocabulary, so I taught it. Then, I adjusted the tempo for her to sing it alone, but she said, “I do not want to sing it.” I asked why she would not like to sing. She said that she was shy and did not have a confidence to sing well. I understood her feelings and suggested singing with me because I thought it was good opportunity to change her opinion.

Also, I said this song makes you happy and cheerful. She agreed to my thinking and started to sing with me. She could sing well, so I restored the tempo and practiced a few times. She was able to sing better than the first time.

Two days later, she called out to me “Let’s sing again.” I was surprised and sang with her. She sang it perfectly and she said to me “I read the lyrics on my own.”

She realized she did not have to be negative and it is important to smile!

Through this case study, I knew the song has power to change our feelings. I was very nervous because I did not know how to teach well, but my sister understood the message of the song. When she knew it, she changed her feelings. I could see her smile and she is happy now, so I realized the importance of songs and how they can change us.

Look up at the sky

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Moeka Sakurai I have a younger sister, who is eighteen years old. She is in her third year of high school now, so she studies very hard every day for entrance examinations next January and February. I know she sits at her desk before the sun rises. She wakes up at 4 a.m. every morning to study although she is not good in the early morning.

I decided to teach “Are you young?” to her because I had confidence that it would encourage her. She is busy, so we are not able to make enough time each day.

That was why I took a short time but I taught her almost every day.

First, I showed her the lyrics of the song on December 4th. I read the words and checked their meanings. She did not know the meaning of “fascinating”, so we consulted an electronic dictionary together. It said that the meaning is “great interest or attraction.” She had an unhappy face at first because she did not understand perfectly. It was very difficult for me to explain it in English, so I tried to take some example sentences. For example, I made a sentence: “The series of Harry Potter is fascinating.” She loves the series, so I thought it was easy to understand.

Next day, I taught her the melody. I sang it three times slowly at first and my sister listened to my singing voice carefully. Then, I wanted her to sing it together.

However, she looked very ashamed and she did not sing. I knew her feeling because I’m not good at singing a song either. That was why, I gave up singing with her at that time. Alternatively, I connected a question and the answer. When I said “Are you young?”, she could answer quickly.

On December 7th, she looked tired because of study, so I said to her “Why don't you sing the song?” I thought it was might change her fatigue. She agreed with me and she sang with a big voice with me. I was glad. Although she did not memorize the lyrics, she could sing the song with a script perfectly.

On December 8th, I suddenly asked her “Are you young?” She tried to sing without the script. She sometimes stopped singing but she could sing to the end. I was surprised because she did not remember any the day before. She said to me, “The melody helps me.”

On December 12th, I asked again, and she sang the song. It was perfect. When she is tired, she started singing the song. It gives her power. Her favorite part is “I’m in love!” I’m glad to hear her shouting “I’m in love!!”

I'm young and strong and beautiful, I'm living an adventure, The world's so fascinating, It makes me wanna cry! I wanna cry to the world! I wanna fly all around I wanna tell everybody I'm in love (x6), I wanna tell everybody I'm in love (Then with a power pose everyone cries “I’m in love!”)

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21. Music Is Medicine Mutsumi Sato I chose my best friend Natsumi who I have known for 6 years and goes to another university. I wanted to make her feel alive. She looks so tired and depressed to think about her future. Also, she is not good at speaking and singing in English, but she likes to listen to foreign songs. I decided to teach the “5 ways to happiness”. I think this song suits her because if she feels anxious for her future, she can be fine by remembering the 5 ways. I taught this song by face to face and on the phone about 3 times.

The first day was December 1st at 7 pm for 10 minutes at a cafe near our homes. First, I taught her the meaning of the “5 ways of happiness.” The lyrics are easier than other songs, so she understood quickly. I also taught her the Japanese version. In addition, I taught the gestures with the lyrics. She seemed to like the gestures, and she could remember the gestures soon. She especially liked the gesture of “Smile from ear to ear”. Then, we sang the song several times.

When I listened to our recorded voices later after the teaching, our voices were really cheerful and loud. So, I decided to change the place to her house or my house. The next opportunity was on December 3 at 11 am for 15 minutes at her house. I asked her how much she remembered the song. She was able to remember only words at this time, so she told me the lyrics with the gestures. She forgot the melody and the rhythm. I taught her the melody again. She remembered it, and we sang. On December 6 at 10 pm, we talked for 5 minutes on the phone. She could sing the song alone, and she seemed to be happy. Finally, we sang it 5 more times.

She told me that she felt learning was really fun and it was her first experience learning an English song. At first, she felt this song’s melody was difficult for her honestly, but she came to like it while she was singing several times. Also this song has good lyrics, so she was impressed and encouraged. She could be happier singing. She has a trouble about her future, but this song encouraged her little. In addition, I taught her at this time, but she thought she wants to teach me something because she thinks that she will become a teacher or a worker at a company. She has not decided yet, and she thinks still about that.

In conclusion, this experience was interesting and also difficult for me. However, I think it came off well. I thought a song could be medicine for people as TIOMAS said.

Affirmation songs have a power which makes people healthier. Moreover, I felt that enjoying teaching with a partner is really important. We could accept each other’s mistakes because we were having fun. I liked this task and I would like to know more affirmation songs to teach and to encourage people.

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22. Challenging Teaching Asking!

Yuria Sato I chose Makiko who is my high school friend. She wants to be a teacher and learns techniques how to teach, so I thought she would like this case study. I chose “What is asking?’’ because the song is more easily to understand than many others.

Also, I thought the song has a deep meaning and we can sing it easily.

Recently, we didn’t meet in person because we are busy for a lot of tests, so I decided to send an e-mail to Makiko. My first teaching was on Dec 5th, I explained my case study to her and wrote the lyrics in English without a Japanese translation. She responded immediately, but she said it was difficult to memorize this song only knowing the lyrics.

Next, I called her using a video call. I thought the video call was a good way to memorize it because we can talk face to face and sing together without embarrassment. I sang the song alone. After that, she sang the song alone and said “I could memorize this song! Singing is a good way to memorize something.’’ Finally, I asked “Do you know the meaning?’’ She answered, “Yes. It means we had better ask a lot of things, even if we feel embarrassment to ask.’’ I added “That’s right! Also, if we didn’t ask things which you want to ask, we will regret it for a long time.’’ She seemed to understand deeply and she said “What is asking is one of my favorite songs. I really like the meaning.’’ We talk about 45 minutes.

A few days later, we met at a Café, and I asked “What is asking?’’ She was surprised, but answered immediately “Asking may be a moment’s embarrassment, not asking is a lifelong regret.’’ I was surprised because I thought she would forget it.

However, she could remember and I asked “Why do you remember?’’ She answered “You taught the meaning, so I could remember it easily.’’ I found singing and writing are important, but meaning is really important to memorize something.

Through this case study, I could teach song in English to my friend deeply. I usually don’t use English with my friends, so this opportunity was enjoyable for me.

Also, I found teaching something is more difficult than I expected, but if they understand it, I am pleased. Someday, I would like to teach something again.

What is asking?

Asking may be a moment’s embarrassment, not asking is a lifelong regret!

Kiku wa itoki no hadji, kikanu wa isho no hadji

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23. Forever Young Anna Matsubara I taught my grandmother who lives in Hokkaido the song “How do you succeed?” She is 82 years old. At first, I was not going to teach her, but she is so curious and she likes studying so much that I changed my mind. When I was a high school student, she said to me, “I wanted to go to high school to learn some nice things, but I couldn’t.” I have remembered that, so I have tried to teach her things throughout my own schooling.

I had only 3 days during a break to teach her because I live in Chiba. At first, I just sang for her to teach the melody on Saturday. I thought the melody is not difficult to remember because the song is not long and she probably heard “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” many times. After I sang, she said “This song is like a Christmas song!” because she recognized it a little. I started singing this song in Japanese at first. (Yareba dekiru Naseba naru (×2) Nanakorobi Yaoki!) Then, she could sing after me. She looked like she enjoyed singing and was having fun. Finally, I taught her the song in English. I pronounced “Do it again” in a blended way “doidagin” without teaching the spelling. Then, she said this is a magic spelling? So I wrote the spelling Do it again and doidagin do she could read the alphabet. In addition, I sang the last line of this song and explained the meaning for her. It was amazing that she could remember all of it only in a short time.

The next day, I asked her “How do you succeed?” Then, she could sing perfectly. I was so glad, I couldn’t imagine she remembered it so easily. Why could she remember? My grandfather told me the answer: “She practiced so many times after I came home. She was glad to know new information.” I didn’t have to teach again.

Through this activity, I realized that it is interesting and important for my grandmother to learn new things. I could go to a HS normally, and I am going to university with her help. I appreciate her so much. The most important thing I found is that learning is not related to our age! If we have a passion for learning, we can acquire knowledge. And especially singing is not related to young or old people, we all can learn through singing. It was a great experience for me and my grandmother.

How do you succeed? (Tune: Santa Claus is Coming 2 town) Kaeuta A) Do it again x 8(doidagin) Make many mistakes and do it again.

B) Yariba dekiru Naseba Naru x2 Nana korobi ya oki!

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24. Doidagin Doidagin Yuichi Hayashi In my case, it was easy to decide what song to teach. I choose the song ‘How do you succeed?’ and I taught it to my younger brother. The main reason I choose this song is that I especially liked it during class. This song encouraged me and reminds me that it’s important to make many mistakes to succeed. We must ‘Do it again’. So I want him to know this song and the lyrics.

My younger brother is third year of junior high school. So he has to take the exams for entrance to high school. Of course I know how busy his present state is.

So I sang the song ‘Do it again! Do it again!’ When I sang it at first, he often said, ‘Be quiet!’ While he couldn’t get a good score on the test, I always still sang the song ‘Do it again’. Of course once he asked that I stop singing soon. But there is a reason I always sing it. Because even if he couldn’t get a good score on the test, there is no time to get depressed. He has to study hard while making many mistakes to pass the exams. However, he recently doesn’t say anything to my singing and he has started to sing the song himself.

At first he couldn’t sing this song well. So I explained the meaning of each word and sang it slowly many times. After that he came to sing it well himself and he looks like he is having fun. He learned that he needs many mistakes to succeed from this song. He realized that he needs many mistakes on the test to get a good score. I was sad when he just ignored me. But I hope he can pass the exams.

Another reason I choose this song is that he is really interested in music and likes playing the guitar. I also often play a guitar as well. One day he said “I want to make a band when I become a high school student.” I was glad to hear that because I also had made a band in high school. To get good at playing a guitar he often practices hard for a long time. According to him, no matter how much practice he does, he absolutely can not become good at it. I know the cause of it: he didn’t experience performing enough. So I taught him that there is no problem even if he isn’t good at it now. The Beatles became good by performing a lot, not practicing. We all need to practice the basics a lot but we also need to PERFORM a lot! And I want him to make many mistakes to help the band to perform better.

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Pedagogical Steps for Teachers In Classes: Using Speed Dictations One way (there are many options…)

1. If the song has gestures, teach the gestures first, especially with young kids!

2. Then give the lyrics (or part of it) as a SPEED DICTATION. In a speed dictation you say it too fast or softly for everyone to get everything and you allow them to collaborate and help each other each time after you say it. Explain to them that you want them to help each other and that you intend for it to be too hard for everybody to get the first time. So this is a chance to help each other. After they help each other, you may still say it a few more times, or even sing it, instead of saying it. Ask them to write it on the board.

3. Then teach them to sing it. The melody usually helps with their memory.

4. Then teach them the question that goes with it and ask them that question throughout the class, every 5 minutes or so, ask them to ask each other “How are you?” (or whatever the question might be) and they have to answer “Superhappy….” This provokes “intent participation” (Rogoff et al. 2004), they know they are going to use it often and soon and so they focus more on it. Make sure you DO IT (ask the question) soon and frequently!

5. Classroom Management Routine. Buying time usefully. Anytime the teacher needs a few seconds to organize the next activity, ask your students to ask each other a SD question.

When I need a moment to get organized for something else, I ask them, “Please ask your partner ‘Why do you smile?’” It is also a wake up, energizer and a good way to start off the class and a reminder about important things.

6. You can also give mini-lectures or tell stories about the content of each speed dictation.

You can make songs and borrow melodies for your favorite sayings.

QWIK OPTIONS for teachers to decide when teaching a Speed Dictation 1. Song or Say and Gesture (then do the others) 2. Slow or Fast 3. Part or All 4. Students single then collaboratively or in pairs or 4’s with verses 5. Sources: songs, song hooks, famous quotes, proverbs, affirmations, typical sayings, your mind, you can create them!

How do you write well? [tune …Row Row Row your boat] Write write write it down, set your feelings free, I make it upasi go along, my pen is writing me.

Don’t miss out / on your chances / to give love “Freely to all” Don’t miss out / on your chances / to give health “Freely to all” Don’t miss out / on your chances / for oneness “Freely to all” Free to all / to you and me / Free to be be Weeeee Free to be We / Free to be We (based on Barbara Fredricson’s LOVE 2.0 book)

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TUNE: Row x3 Your Boat -- four part group sing!

A. Write x3 it down, set your feelings free,//* I make it upasi (up as I) go along, my pen is writing me.

B. Smile, breathe, look at the sky, sing a melody,// dare to show your love to me, dare to show your love.

C. Young strong and beautiful, living an adventure,// the world’s a fascinating place, I love to love to love.

D. My dear friends and classmates, I will miss you so//You’ve helped me learn a [hell of a lot], To laugh [and go with the] flow. [n-go-wi-tha] What do you love?

I love us playing, I love us singing songs, I love us interacting when we talk a lot.

We talk a lot we learn a lot, We talk a lot we laugh a lot, We talk lot we learn a lot, when we talk a lot.

Haha hohoho, Teehee hehehe, HAHA HA HA HA, when we talk a lot!

(Kaeuta tune “I love the Mountains” lyrics TM)

What’s the weather like? What are you going to do today? Are you content? Who are you?

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What do you love? Who do you love? How do you have a good life? When is Xmas?

How do you succeed? Why do you smile? What’s a happy person? What do you like?