Russian rap and how to get students to study Russian

[Williams, Troy]

I too have found pop music very useful in the classroom.  Because of the
simple vocab and the (ad nauseum) repetition of that limited vocabulary, I
have found that students enjoy transcribing songs.  Of course they don't get
all the lyrics, but they are proud of what they do manage to pull out of the
songs.

I usually give them a tape with 5-10 songs and let them choose something
which interests them.  At the end of the semester, they often present the
lyrics (with their translation) to the class.

Troy

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