Enunciation

Observations and context

- The students are told that they are going to listen to a jazz song by Valaida Snow in which she plays the trumpet. They are asked to close their eyes and sit comfortably, even with their heads resting on the table. 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVTUaYu-zFA&ab_channel=SashaB11910G> (08/04/2022) 

- While the music is playing, the teachers move around the class and in a very soft voice ask them the following questions, which students imagine and answer mentally. 

- Where are you? 
- What season is it? 
- What´s the weather like? 
- Who are you with? 
- Describe what is going on around you. 

- Suddenly you see someone. Who is that person? 
- Something happens. What is it? 
- You go to help somebody but suddenly the police come. 
- Describe what happens at the end 

- Once the song is over, the students tell the rest of their classmates what they have imagined and describe their story. The questions can be asked one at a time so that all pupils can participate.   
- The following questions will be used to talk about Valaida Snow (1904-1956), highlighting that she was the second most important trumpet player in the world after Louis Armstrong: 

- Did you like the music by Valaida Snow? 
- What kind of music do you like? 
- Do you play any musical instrument? 
 
- Valaida was called "little Louis". She was proud to be compared to Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), the trumpeter whose solos captivated her. If you listen to the audio recordings of Valaida's solos and Armstrong's, there are parts where you can't tell who is playing.   

- Among other famous trumpet players, the following stand out:   
a. Clora Bryant, American jazz trumpet player (1927-2019)    
b. Andrea Motis, Spanish trumpet player, saxophonist and jazz singer (1995-)   
c. Ingrid Jensen, Canadian jazz trumpeter (1966-)  
d. Ingrid Rebstock, German trumpet, soloist with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (1971-)  
e. Mireia Farrés, Spanish trumpet player and soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña (1980-)   
f. Linda Briceño, Venezuelan trumpet player, singer, composer and producer (1988-)  
g. Maite Hontelé, Dutch salsa trumpet player (1980-)  
h. Selina Ott, first Austrian female trumpet player to win the ARD International Competition in Munich (1998- ) 
i. Lillian Hardin (1898-1971) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and swing singer. She was the second wife of Louis Armstrong, whom she was instrumental in helping in his career.   
j. Bessie Smith (1894-1937), known as the "Empress of the Blues", was the most popular blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s and the most influential on the singers who followed her. 
 
 

Description

- While listening to a jazz song by Valaida Snow, students imagine and create their own story, which they share with the rest of the class. This activity will contribute to the improvement of oral expression.   
- Contextual models and discourse genres commonly used in the production of oral texts. Use of the Present Simple and Continuous.

Answer

Documents