May
17
It’s Shakespeare, dawg.
I discovered a new website thanks to a tweet the other day and although it’s not particularly useful for EFL classes, I just wanted to share it with you. There’s a educational “movement” in the USA called Flocabulary and they are trying to motivate students to learn by teaching through hip-hop and rap. It sounds like a great idea and I would love to see the results.
Here’s one of their videos which you can check out free on YouTube.
Reminds me of this:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/shakespeare-was-like-the-ultimate-rapper,11161/
That’s a great article, Nicky – I love the language she uses and how she describes Shakespeare as “Big Willie Shakes”!
Hi Teresa,
I’ve been meaning to pop on over since you tweeted me about your blog (@kalinagoenglish on Tiwtter) – I love this article and tho’ wasn’t so impressed by the MacBeth video I was so happy to visit the link to Flocabulary – what an absolutely amazing resource! I agree with the founders completely, the key to learning lies in engaging the students.
Karenne
Hi Karenne,
Thanks for stopping by. Like I said in the post, I don’t know how useful Flocabulary is as a resource for EFL teachers, but it definitely gives us something to think about. YLs love working with rhymes and chants, but it’s often hard to engage teens in that way – it’s uncool for most to enjoy singing in their English class! Using their kind of music would certainly be a step in the right direction.
T 🙂