unit 12 language focus

It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.... Why has music always been a big business.[r]

1 Do you like music?

2 Do you often listen to music? 3 What sort of music you like?

4 What are the names of some sorts of music you know?

Discuss and match each of the descriptions to a type of music

Type of music Description Folk music

2.Rock ’n’ roll Pop music

4 Classical music Jazz

a serious and traditional Western European music

b traditional music of a country

c a combination of African and Western music

d modern music that is popular with young people

What are they doing?

 They are communicating.

 communicate (v)

 communication (n)

 emotion (n)

 emotional (adj)

 express (v)

 expression (n)

 thought (n)

Ex : He is angry

 angry (adj)

 convey (v)

 integral (adj)=important  set the tone for

 joy (n)

 joyful (adj)  joyfulness (n)

 solemn (adj)  mournful (adj)  lull (v)

 delight (v)

 delightful (adj)

communicate (v) set the tone for communication (n) joy (n)

emotion (n) Joyful (adj) emotional (adj) Joyfulness (n) express (v) funeral (n) expression (n) solemn (adj) thought (n) mournful (adj) angry (adj) lull (v)

anger (n) delight (v)

Task : The words/phrases in the box below all appear in the reading passage Use them to complete the

1 If you know English, you can - with people from the English-speaking word easily

2 Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to her to sleep

3 Nam’s success at school - his parents

4 He is an - of the team, we can’t without him

5 The teacher criticized him with a - expression on his face

6 Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his - emotion communicate integral part solemn

1 What are the two things that make humans different from other animals?

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2 Why is music a powerful means of communication? 

3 How can music set the tone for events and special occasions?

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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS :

Language and music.

It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.

4 How can music entertain?

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5 Why has music always been a big business?

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It makes people happy and excited It delights the senses.

1 How many roles of music are mention in the text?

2 In your opinion, which of the roles of music is the most important?