Location: DAZ, Charlottenplatz 17, 70173 Stuttgart Duration: 17:00 – 19:00 Admission: 10 euros, 7 euros for DAZ members, free admissions for teachers in training & university students Target Audience: Teachers & future teachers Language: English Registration: via school@daz.org
This teacher training will focus on the role of (American) pop songs and their lyrics in EFL education at the secondary level. Against the view of songs as central artifacts of current pop culture, it will offer insights into relevant research, discussing their role as mere „time fillers“ vs. opportunities for using them as a highly versatile teaching tool.
In addition to elevating language educators‘ background knowledge on the issue, the session will also dedicate time to practical aspects, outlining strategies for working with pop lyrics in the classroom.
is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Bamberg, Germany. He has worked and published in various areas of applied linguistics, most recently in the domains of Learner Corpus Research and Pop Cultural Linguistics. One of his aims is to make linguistic research approachable to practitioners, which is also reflected in his publications, including articles in outlets such as Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht or Englisch 5-10 as well as in the award-winning volume Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice (co-edited with Friederike Tegge).
