What helps you to be in a good What helps you to be in a good mood?mood?

MMake many friendsake many friends

UUse your knowledgese your knowledge

SSpeak Englishpeak English

IInvite guestsnvite guests

CCome to the partiesome to the parties

Music in Our LifeMusic in Our Life

By the end of our lesson you will be able:

- to talk about different kinds of music, their representatives;

- to identify the main ideas and details from listening and reading;

- to take part in the conversation on the topic given.

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the

imagination

and life to everything.”

Plato

“Music is the universal language of mankind.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Answer the questionsAnswer the questions1.1. What music styles do you knowWhat music styles do you know??2.2. Who was called the King of Who was called the King of

Rock’n’roll??Rock’n’roll??3.3. What does the “Beatlemania” mean?What does the “Beatlemania” mean?4.4. What music style didWhat music style did Bob Marley Bob Marley

represent?represent?5.5. Was Abba a punk group?Was Abba a punk group?

“Musicians'party”

- What do you do?- What are your achievements/

experiences?- What music do you really like?- What is your favourite song/ piece of

music and why?- What music don’t you like?

VOCABULARYVOCABULARY

the main song from a film THEME SONGrecorded music from a film SOUNDTRACK

to get music (or programs) from the Internet onto a computer

DOWNLOAD

a person who writes music (especially classical music) COMPOSER

 a piece of

music for two singers or

players

DUET

when a song or album is number i in sales TOP OF THE

CHARTSthe person in a band who sings LEAD SINGER

the part of a song which the singer repeats CHORUS

something that was unsuccessful, e.g. a song that people didn’t like or buy

FLOP

 one song (not a number of songs) that you can pay for as a CD or download

 

SINGLE

the words of a song LYRICSpop music from South America LATIN

a group of people who play music together, especially pop, rock or jazz

BAND

 

How does music make you feel? How does music make you feel?

This piece makes me feel…..This piece makes me feel…..Awake, calm, happy, relaxed, sad, sleepy, thoughtful

.The Mozart Effect

Read the text quickly and match the heading (a- c) with the paragraphs (1-3). The right music to study betterMusic for stress and painGet a better score and remember more

Read the text again. Write true (T), false (F) or not given (NG). 1. Don Campbell loves Mozart’s music.2. People listen to music to relax before work.3. Listening to music when you are ill is a good idea.4. Many hospitals use music to help with pain.5. Listening to music before you study is a bad idea.6. Only Mozart’s music helps you to study.7. The students listened to Mozart for ten minutes before doing the test.8. It’s a good idea for children to learn to play a music instrument.

Listen to two people talking about music. Write true (T) or false (F). 1.The article is about The Mozart Effect.2.The woman doesn’t like music that reminds her of old times.3.She listens to music a lot.4.She sometimes sings at the same time as listening to music.

Listen again and tick (/) the questions you hear. 1. Can music change how you feel?2. What music do you find annoying?3. How often do you listen to music?4. Have you got an iPod? If not, would you like one?5. Do you listen to music when you’re travelling?6. What’s your favourite type of music?7. Are you learning a musical instrument at the moment?8. Did you play any musical instruments when you were a child?9. When did you last see live music?10. Have you ever seen a famous artist or band in concert?

Listen to two people talking about music. Write true (T) or false (F). 1.The article is about The Mozart Effect.2.The woman doesn’t like music that reminds her of old times.3.She listens to music a lot.4.She sometimes sings at the same time as listening to music.

Listen again and tick (/) the questions you hear. 1. Can music change how you feel?2. What music do you find annoying?3. How often do you listen to music?4. Have you got an iPod? If not, would you like one?5. Do you listen to music when you’re travelling?6. What’s your favourite type of music?7. Are you learning a musical instrument at the moment?8. Did you play any musical instruments when you were a child?9. When did you last see live music?10. Have you ever seen a famous artist or band in concert?

Find the mistakes in six of the questions and correct them. 1. What kind of music you like?2. Do you can play the piano?3. What music did you listen to ten years ago?4. Who your favourite singer or group?5. Has you ever downloaded music from the internet? 6. What music you listen to in the mornings?7. Have you got a radio in your bedroom?8. Did you took music exams when you were a child?

Watch the video. Are the sentences true or false ?1. About 30,000 children take part in the music program throughout Venezuela.2. Jhoanna, the viola player in the video, started playing the viola when she was thirteen.3. El Sistema trains people to play music and also to teach younger children.4. Thirty-one years ago there were a lot of people studying music in Venezuela.5. One of the aims of El Sistema is to help children who have family problems.

Try to complete the sentences from the video with the words:country, future, goal, pay, poor, problems, teach

Two of the words cannot be used. 1.He wanted to give_______ children and young people in Venezuela the chance to play music for free.2. The _______for all young musicians in Venezuela is to play with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestic.3. Music is fully integrated into the life of the_______.4. They’d say there was no _____ for music in Venezuela.5. We tell them, ‘Here’s an instrument for you and you don’t have to ______for it.’

Hometask:Hometask:

Write an essay on the topic:

“Music is the universal language of mankind.”