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    CHILDRENS LITERATURE (LGA 3102)

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    Introduction

    Childrens literature can be defined as the material created for and widely read,

    viewed and hear by the children, that has imaginative element. Primary school children

    were already exposed to literary texts even before the official launch of the Childrens

    Contemporary Literature component for Years 4 to 6 and the new curriculum has been

    designed for Year 1 to 3 to produce pupils who will be proficient in the language. Most

    of the children were familiar with popular nursery rhymes such as Twinkle twinkle little

    star and Old Mc Donald had a farm, folks lore, bedtime stories and so on. Thus,

    literature should be valued in the school for the enrichment it gives to the personal lives

    of children as well as for its proven educational contributions. It is one of the ways to

    teach language.

    Songs and poetry are another example of Children's Literature which are enjoyed

    by or targeted primarily at children. There are many genres of songs and poetry. The

    songs are classified to folk songs, lullabies, blues, ballad, rhythm and blues (R&B) and

    jazz. For poetry there are Haiku, limericks, nursery rhyme, epic, narrative and dramatic.

    As a responsible teacher, he or she needs to provide appropriate materials for the

    children in the school so that the children will gain knowledge and in the same time

    enjoying themselves learning literature.

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    AN APPROPRIATE

    SELECTION OF 4

    SONGS AND

    A JUSTIFICATION

    OF EACH SONG.

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    An appropriate selection of 4 songs and a justification of each song.

    These are the 4 songs with different genres that we have chose forthe young learners

    in the primary ESL classroom:

    Title : Teddy Bear

    Genre : Lullaby

    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    Turn around.

    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    Touch the ground.

    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    Shine your shoes.

    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    That will do.

    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    Go upstairs.

    Song 1

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    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    Say your prayers.

    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    Turn off the light.

    Teddy bear, teddy bear,

    Say good night.

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    Justification of the song.

    Song 1 Teddy Bear

    We selected this song because we think that lullabies are one of a way to teach

    children about the culture and ethnics before sleeping which some of them are not

    being taught by their parents as we know parents now days are busy with their career.

    The main purpose of using the Teddy Bear song for primary school children is we can

    integrate the moral values in our lesson in the classroom. We can teach them before

    going to beds, they must recite a prayer, greet good night to their parents, siblings or

    their guardians. Before sleeping, the children must switch off the lights too so that theywill know how to save electrical energy. Therefore, we believed that we will help pupils

    to develop their personality traits and shape their attitudes about themselves and of

    others.

    Other than those reasons, we have selected this song for level one especially

    Year 1 and Year 2 pupils because it is simple and catchy. It is also suitable to our

    pupils proficiency level which most of them are elementary or weak pupils. The weak

    pupils will be motivated and feel a real sense or achievement when they are able to

    learn new song.

    The language in the song similar to the language they will be able to use in other

    parts of the class or outside the classroom such as turn around, go upstairs and

    turn off the light. They are using all those language in their daily life. Pupils will love to

    sing the song with action and simple movement.

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    Title : Six Little Ducks

    Genre : Folk song

    Six little ducks that I once knew,

    Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too,

    But the one little duck with the feather on his back,

    He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!

    Quack, quack, quack!

    Quack, quack, quack!

    He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!

    Down to the river they would go,

    Wibble wobble, Wibble wobble,

    To and fro

    But the one little duck with the feather on his back

    Song 2

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    He led the others with his quack, quack, quack!

    Quack, quack, quack !

    Quack, quack, quack!

    He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!

    Home from the river they would come

    Wibble Wobble, Wibble Wobble ,

    Ho hum hum.

    But the one little duck with the feather on his back,

    He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!

    Quack, quack, quack!

    Quack, quack, quack!He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!

    Six little ducks that I once knew,

    Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too,

    But the one little duck with the feather on his back,

    He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!

    Quack, quack, quack!

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    Quack, quack, quack!

    He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!

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    Justification of the song

    Song 2- Six little ducks.

    We have selected a song entitled Six Little Ducks because we believed that it is

    suitable to be used for our Year 2 pupils. The folk song is intended as a material for Unit

    12 -On The Farm as in the textbook. We chose this particular simple song because the

    tune is catchy and it is easily remembered due to the quality of the melody and the text.

    The vocabulary is simple and familiar to the pupils. The familiar music will make pupils

    more confident in their ability to listen and understand the world around them.

    The song help pupils brains recall the words and fact thus leading to early

    success. They are attractive, fun and easy to rhyme along. Pupils are able to stimulate

    and foster their enjoyment to learn a language. We can fully utilize the pupils particular

    strengths and previous knowledge in supporting the lesson. We believed it will be more

    meaningful and have a great impact. We also hoped to build a concrete fundamental

    learning concept on the pupils prior learning, which may have taken place outside the

    school.

    There is repetition in some of the song. Furthermore, the song gives a natural

    context for repetition of language. Repetition is hugely useful tool in creating mental

    patterns that will allow pupils to use language more automatically. Pupils also can be

    aware of sounds, rhythms and structures such as he led the others with a quack,

    quack, quack. The purpose of the rhythm is to increase enjoyment in hearing language

    (Donna, 2003). They will find it interesting and easy to remember as the sentences or

    words keep repeating or rhyming. They can be helpful for the Year 2 pupils to

    remember the words while exercising their auditory memory skills. As a teacher we can

    make the song more interesting and enjoyable because they love song and rhymes with

    actions. By experiences the action involving their bodies and their senses they feel good

    about themselves and others.

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    Title : What A Wonderful World

    Genre : Pop

    Singer : Louis Armstrong

    I see trees of green red roses too

    I see them bloom, for me and you

    And I think to myself

    What a wonderful world

    I see skies of blue, and clouds of white

    The bright blessed day, dark sacred night

    And I think to myself

    What a wonderful world

    The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky

    Are also on the faces, of people going by

    I see friends shaking hands, saying', "How do you do?"

    They're really saying, "I love you"

    Song 3

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    I hear babies crying, I watch them grow

    They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know

    And I think to myself

    What a wonderful world

    Yes, I think to myself

    What a wonderful world

    Oh yeah

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    Justification of the song.

    Song 3- What A Wonderful World

    Moving on with our next selection of song for young learners to be used in the

    primary English as second language (ESL) classroom is from pop genre. This pop song

    entitled What A Wonderful World is simple and suitable to be taught during our

    teaching and learning process for these reasons. The song appropriates with the topic

    of Year 6 that is Splashes of Colours. We can use this song for different purposes such

    as for listening and reading activity.

    The tune is catchy and easily remembered. Since we are teaching in a rural area

    and our pupils are mix ability it suit ourpupils level well. The song is appropriate with

    ourpupils proficiency level in terms of sentence length and complexity of vocabulary

    and sentences structured. We can introduce the new vocabularies such as bloom and

    sacred before we begin with the activity. Moreover, the song is slow enough to test

    comprehension as well as clear enunciation.

    There are some repeated lines in this interesting song example And I think to

    myself, What a wonderful world which can be helpful for year 6. Frequent repetition will

    enriches or emphasize words, phrases and lines. Pupils enjoy repetitive verses.

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    Title : The Worlds GreatestGenre : R & B

    Singer : R Kelly

    Yeah,Uhh...

    Uhh...

    Yeah..It's the worlds greatest, Yo,

    It's the worlds greatest, Come on,

    Worlds greatest, Ever

    I am a mountain

    I am a tall treeOh, I am a swift wind

    Sweeping the country

    I am a river

    Down in the valley

    Oh, I am a vision

    And I can see clearlyIf anybody asks you who I am

    Just stand up tall look them in the face and say

    Song 4

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    I'm that star up in the sky

    I'm that mountain peak up high

    Hey, I made it

    I'm the worlds greatest

    And I'm that little bit of hope

    When my backs against the ropes

    I can feel it mmm

    I'm the worlds greatest

    I am a giant

    I am an eagle

    I am a lion

    Down in the jungle

    I am a marching band

    I am the people

    I am a helping hand

    And I am a hero

    If anybody asks you who I am

    Just stand up tall look them in the face and say

    I'm that star up in the sky

    I'm that mountain peak up high

    I made it

    I'm the worlds greatest

    And I'm that little bit of hope

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    When my backs against the ropesI can feel it

    I'm the worlds greatest

    In the ring of life I'll reign love

    (I will reign)

    And the world will notice a king(Oh Yeah)

    When all is darkest, I'll shine a light

    (Shine a light)

    And use a success you'll find in me

    (Me)

    I'm that star up in the sky

    I'm that mountain peak up high

    Hey, I made it

    I'm the world's greatest

    And I'm that little bit of hope

    When my back's against the ropesI can feel it

    I'm the world's greatest

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    I'm that star up in the sky

    I'm that mountain peak up high

    Hey, I made it

    I'm the world's greatest

    And I'm that little bit of hope

    When my back's against the ropes

    I can feel it

    I'm the world's greatest

    I'm that star up in the sky

    I'm that mountain peak up high

    Hey, I made it

    I'm the world's greatest

    And I'm that little bit of hopeWhen my back's against the ropes

    I can feel it

    I'm the world's greatest

    [*]

    It's the greatestCan you feel it

    It's the greatest

    Can you feel it

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    [Repeat * while:]

    I saw the light

    At the end of a tunnel

    Believe in the pot of gold

    At the end of the rainbow

    And faith was right there

    To pull me through, yeah

    Used to be locked doorsNow I can just walk on through

    Hey, uh, hey, hey, hey

    It's the greatest

    I'm that star up in the sky

    I'm that star up in the skyI'm that mountain peak up high

    Hey, I made it

    I'm the world's greatest

    And I'm that little bit of hope

    When my back's against the ropes

    I can feel itI'm the world's greatest

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    Justification of the song.

    Song 4The Worlds Greatest

    We selected this song because we think this song is suitable for Year 6 pupils

    with the theme World of knowledge and the topic is Remarkable Achiever. The song

    incorporated all the language skills listening, reading, writing and speaking. Pupils can

    listen to the song, sing along with action, or underline nouns that they know in the lyric.

    Teacher can use the song as classic gap fill which teacher will take out certain word ,

    pupils fill in the missing words while listening to the song.

    This R&B song is appropriate to our pupils level of proficiency in term of the

    sentences length, complexity of vocabulary, sentences structure and no difficult idioms,or vulgarities. Although the length of the song but there are some repetition in the

    phrases which helps pupils remember better. The example is I'm that star up in thesky, I'm that mountain peak up high, Hey, I made it, I'm the world's greatest.

    The next reason why we choose this song is, pupils can enhance their intra

    personal development. Through this song teacher can inspire the pupils to develop and

    believe in their abilities. If they work hard and put an effort they can achieve their goal.

    So, this song will be meaningful for them. On the other hands, pupils will enjoy learning

    indirectly and escape the class boredom.

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    References

    Donna, E. N. (2003). Through The Eyes Of A Child. Introduction To Childrens

    Literature. (6th

    Ed.) Ohio: Merril Prentice Hall.

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    teaching.html

    Malaysian Primary Syllabus KSSR Curriculum Specifications

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