Nicholas

BA Linguistics ESL Teaching Certificate Advanced Interpreter Certificate

Copycat Karaoke is you and your children’s quickest and the most correct path to acquiring native English. Copycat Karaoke is the only training that works on all aspects of English wholesomely, unfragmented. Copycat Karaoke corrects the problem of limiting language acquisition to the eyes and hands. Therefore, we first retrain students’ coordination between their mouths and ears using popular music as the medium. It also equips students with the skills to handle real life conversations in the target language before they have achieved fluency. Popular music is formulaically written to capture our souls. Knowledge in many cultures is still passed on through songs. Teachers and students also build a much stronger bond through songs. Therefore, using songs as the material for learning promotes students’ (and teachers’, for that matter) enthusiasm for production, problem-solving, and, most importantly, self-practicing after class. The reason is that music, singing, and rhythm stimulate neural activity. Along with its cultural and musical nature, students immediately have the desire to embody all aspects of languages through this situational learning method: listening, speaking, reading, and spelling. Through trial and error, it reinforces creativity and pattern recognition. And according to Sir Ken Robinson, stigmatizing mistakes kills creativity. Production focus is offloaded to copying and learning cool songs rather than grammar rules and phonics. On top of better retention, students are much more willing to engage in rote repetition. As a result, students improve in their confidence in speaking and trying, and are not timid when they come across native speakers.