Music & Song (Oxford English Resource Books for Teachers) [Paperback]

Tim Murphey (Author), Alan Maley (Series Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0194370550 | ISBN-13: 978-0194370554 | Publication Date: March 12, 1992

This book describes how a piece of music can be integrated into a language classroom to teach a variety of skills.

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About the Author

Tim Murphey has taught English for 24 years in Florida, Switzerland and Japan, presently at Yuan ZeCollege/University in Chungli, Taiwan. Alan Maley is currently a freelance consultant, and Series Editor for the Oxford University Press Resource Books for Teachers series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 151 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 12, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0194370550
• ISBN-13: 978-0194370554
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,219,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Tim Murphey was born in Dahlonega, Georgia, USA, the youngest of five children. He hitch-hiked Europe at the age of 17 and ended up doing a PhD in Switzerland on the use of Music and Song in Language Learning. He moved to Asia in 1990 and has taught at five different universities in Japan and Taiwan. He has a handful of popular books in foreign language teaching and one novel (The Tale that Wags) that came out in 2010 about the university entrance exam system in Japan. He has given plenary speeches in a dozen different countries and ski-juggles every chance he gets.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Non-traditional, May 22, 2004

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This review is from: Music & Song (Oxford English Resource Books for Teachers) (Paperback)

Tim Murphey offers a ton of non-traditional and creative ways for using music in the ESL classroom in this book. He divides the book into types of activity and indicates language level for each activity. Many of the ideas in this book could be used in the foreign language classroom, as well. I think this book should be in the personal library of any language teacher who wants to add some creativity and fun into his/her language class.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind, December 30, 2005

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This review is from: Music & Song (Oxford English Resource Books for Teachers) (Paperback)

Not only is it good for adding creativity and fun to a class, it is an excellent resource book for those such as myself who are looking for ways to incorporate music and lyrics into language teaching. I think there definitely is a strong connection between music/songs and language learning which I do not see capitalized on too often in classrooms. Murphey makes this point in his work, which still stands today, well over a decade after he first published this book.