01 February 2007

A Jazz Chant

I don't use Jazz Chants usually in my class but I thought this one was good and it fitted perfectly with my lesson plan about simple present.
The most famous Jazz Chants are made by Carolyn Graham. I'm not a big fan of Jazz Chants, they are nice to use a couple of times a year but not more, because I think it gets boring in the end. It's better to try other types of songs.

They are great for rhythm and intonation! (what our little francophone pupils have trouble with).

I propose you some ideas about how to teach this song: Jazz_Chant_exploitation.pdf

Here are the lyrics: JAZZ_CHANT.doc

And the chant:

podcast

click on "podcast" otherwise the song is too fast, I don't know why.

(for MP3 format, please send an email).

A page about Jazz Chants: onestopenglish