La música actual y su influencia sobre el lenguaje

Workshop Borinquen Writing Project

Prof. Elizabeth Colón, Phd.

April 9, 2005

Faculty Room

University of the Sacred Heart

About Elizabeth Colón• Professor of Education

Department at the University of the Sacred Heart

• Has researched extensively in the area of socio-linguistics

• Received award for her research about the jargon used by prisoners

La música actual…This workshop uses “reggaetón” music as a

means to motivate students to reflect about the lyrics and write about the issues the songs present.

“Reggaetón” is a Puerto Rican blend of rap, hip hop, reggae with a touch of Latin rhythm. Its lyrics are often violent and/or express young people’s view of the world.

Prewriting Activities

• Power Point presentation about “reggaetón” music

• Group work with sample lyrics

Writing Activity

Using lyrics from different “reggaetón” songs, teachers were asked to develop writing activities based on what the songs

said.

Closing Activities

A teacher from each

group shared the

group’s lesson plan.

Student poet, Antonio

Fornaris, read some of

his poems for the

audience.