Jazz Chants

	Jazz Chants Jazz Chants are exercises in which students utter words and short phrases rhythmically. They were first popularized by Carolyn Graham in the 1980s. Concept Jazz Chant is a rhythmic expression of natural language which links the rhythms of spoken American English to the rhythms of traditional American jazz. Jazz Chants are defined poems with repeated beats. The beat may vary depending on the idea of the reader. 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. Echols (1996:327) states that chant means simple and short songs. So Jazz Chants is the technique to practice the English utterances in short jazz beats that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Carolyn Graham Carolyn Graham is the creator of numerous English-language teaching books, most notably '' Jazz Chants'' and ''Let's Sing, Let's Chant'', published by Oxford University Press. She also wrote the songs for the ''Let's Go'' (textbooks) and Susan Rivers' ''Tiny Talk'' series of ELT books, also published by OUP. Jazz Chants Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Graham's Jazz Chants became popular along with the ESL teaching methods and techniques during the same period. Graham developed the technique of jazz chanting during her 25 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. Bibliography Graham is the author of numerous Jazz Chants books, mostly published by Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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