Listening Don't Worry, Be Happy By Bobby Mcferrin

Topic: ListeningDon't worry, be happy by bobby mcferrin

Objectives & Outcomes

• Pre-teach vocabulary
• Choose words from the song
• Predictive skills
• Set task
• Allow learners to predict
• Listening for gist
• Check learners understanding of the song
• Focus on the mood, the theme, the feelings.
• Feedback
• Elicit answers
• Divide in pairs
• Share answers
• Listening for specific information
• Set task
• Feedback
• Allow learners to compare answers and give alternatives
• Follow-on activity
• Speaking or writing activity on theme of lesson

Materials

• Audio of the song
• Lyrics of the song
• Pencils and paper for writing or speaking activity

Warm-up

• Review the song's title and ask what it means.
• Ask what emotions the song might express and why.
• Write the title and the emotions on the board.
• Ask the learners to sing the song's chorus together.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the theme of the song, which is being happy and not worrying.
• Emphasize that listening for the gist is important in order to understand the main ideas and meaning of the song.
• Explain the use of predictive skills, which is guessing what will come next in the song based on what has already been said.
• Introduce the vocabulary words from the song, and give their definitions.

Guided Practice

• Play the song for the learners, and have them use their predictive skills to guess what will come next in the song.
• As the song continues, provide support and guidance as needed to help the learners understand the main ideas and meaning of the song.
• After the song is finished, have the learners compare their answers with a partner and offer alternative answers if they didn't agree.

Independent Practice

• Have the learners choose a song of their own, and create a poster or presentation on the theme of the song. They can use the techniques learned during the lesson to analyze the main ideas and emotions conveyed by the music.

Closure

• Ask the learners to summarize the main points of the lesson in their own words.
• Ask them to share what they liked about the lesson and how they think it will help them in the future.

Assessment

• Observe the learners during the independent practice and provide feedback on their presentation skills .
• Ask the learners to complete a written reflection on what they have learned from the lesson.