Jazz Chants

Jazz Chants are exercises when students repeat rhythmically words and short phrases to music. Jazz Chant is a rhythmic expression of natural language which links the rhythms of spoken American English to the rhythms of traditional American jazz. A jazz chant is a fragment of authentic language presented with special attention to its natural rhythm. It is important to remember that jazz chanting is not like rapping, nursery rhymes, or songs, which distort the spoken language for poetic effect. The rhythms, stress and intonation pattern of the chant should be an exact replica of what the student would hear from an educated native speaker in natural conversation.^[1]

Carolyn Graham

Carolyn Graham developed the technique of jazz chanting during her twenty-five years of teaching ESL in the American Language Institute of New York University. She has also taught at Harvard University and has conducted workshops in the NYU School of Education, Columbia Teachers College in New York and Tokyo, and elsewhere throughout the world. Ms. Graham is the author of numerous Jazz Chants® books, all published by Oxford University Press.^[2]

Application

Throughout the ’80s and ’90s Graham’s jazz chants spread far and wide along with the ESL teaching methods and techniques that sprouted like bamboo shoots after a spring rain during the same period. Today jazz chants can be heard in hundreds and thousands of ESL and EFL classrooms around the world.^[3] Jazz Chants appeal to students of all ages, and work with large classes. They stimulate pairwork and role-playing activities.^[4]

What the method develops

Jazz chants improve the students’ speaking competence in terms of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.^[5]
Jazz chants help your students sound more natural when they speak English.^[6]

Implementation of Jazz Chants

Carolyn Graham published a number of books, tape recordings and CDs on her method mainly by Oxford University Press. The series of computer programs Languages with Music is the first software based on Jazz Chants ideas.^[7]

References

↑ Jin Zhang (May 2011). "Jazz Chants in English Language Teaching". Theory and Practice in Language Studies. Finland: ACADEMY PUBLISHER. 1: 563–565. ISSN 1799-2591.
↑ https://elt.oup.com/bios/elt/g/graham_c?cc=be&selLanguage=en&mode=hub Oxford University Press
↑ Frank Tang; Dianne Loyet (2003). "Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Jazz Chants". IDIOM. Teachers College Box 185 Columbia University 525 W. 120th Street, New York, NY 10027: NYS TESOL Publication: 4.
↑ https://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/skills/jazz_chants/?cc=global&selLanguage=en Oxford University Press
↑ Jean C. Engler (2013). "IMPOVING [sic] STUDENTS' SPEAKING COMPETENCE BY USING JAZZ CHANTS". ARDIANI, WIRANTI NUR (Thesis). Jalan Ir. Sutami 36 A, Surakarta, 57126, Indonesia: Universitas Sebelas Maret.
↑ http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/listening/jazz-chants/ Miles Craven presents a series of short jazz chants
↑ http://www.languages-with-music.com/ 'Languages with Music™' is a series of languages teaching karaoke-programs

External links

Full collection of the most relevant materials about Jazz Chants on the Internet
Barbora Holbová (2008). JAZZ CHANTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (TXT) (Diploma Thesis). Brno: MASARYK UNIVERSITY Faculty of Education Department of English Language and Literature.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION JAZZ CHANTS US Department of State. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. A Website for teachers and learners of English as a foreign language abroad
Jazz chanting in Argentina The Power of Rhythm: Jazz Chants in the Classroom.
Jazz Baby in Africa & Madagascar US Diplomatic Mission to South Africa.
Jean C. Engler (December 1978). "Reviewed Work: Jazz Chants: Rhythms of American English for Students of English as a Second Language by Carolyn Graham". TESOL Quarterly. Teachers College Box 185 Columbia University 525 W. 120th Street, New York, NY 10027: NYS TESOL Publication. 12 (4): 470–475. doi:10.2307/3586146. JSTOR 3586146. (registration required (help)).
Jean C. Engler (2013). "IMPOVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING COMPETENCE BY USING JAZZ CHANTS". ARDIANI, WIRANTI NUR (Thesis). Jalan Ir. Sutami 36 A, Surakarta, 57126, Indonesia: Universitas Sebelas Maret.

Laura E. Grulich; Terry Solowey; Vanessa Cordova Corwin (June 2011). TEACHING Jazz Chants® TO YOUNG LEARNERS (PDF) (PDF). the Office of English Language Programs Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Department of State, Washington, D.C.

Language education

Methodology	Audio-lingual method Communicative language teaching Comprehension approach Community language learning Computer-assisted language learning Content-based instruction Direct Method Dogme language teaching Focal Skills Grammar–translation method Language immersion Lexical approach Michel Thomas Method Natural approach Silent way Suggestopedia Task-based language learning Total physical response TPR Storytelling Vocabulary development Whole language

Teaching techniques	Mother tongue mirroring Sandwich technique Back-chaining Dictogloss Information gap

Key concepts	Bilingual dictionary Critical period hypothesis English as a lingua franca Fossilization Interlanguage Language transfer Second-language acquisition World Englishes

Assessment	Language assessment Corrective feedback Competency evaluation DIALANG IELTS TOEFL TOEIC UCLES

Programs and organizations	English as a second or foreign language English for specific purposes TESOL

Key people	Betty Azar H. Douglas Brown Pit Corder Jim Cummins Rod Ellis Stephen Krashen Scott Thornbury

Statistics	List of countries where English is an official language List of countries by English-speaking population Most commonly learned foreign languages in the U.S. EF English Proficiency Index

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