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Singing Helps Stroke Victims TalkScientists in the USA have found that singing helps stroke victims with their speech difficulties. Doctors at two different medical schools said they had great success with getting patients to sing words instead of speak them. The treatment is called Music Intonation Therapy (MIT). One of the researchers, Gottfried Schlaug, gave an example of a success story. He showed a video of someone who had a stroke who could not speak the words of a birthday song. The person could only repeat the letters N and O. When Dr Schlaug asked him to sing the song, the words "happy birthday to you" came out. Schlaug said: "This patient has meaningless utterances when we ask him to say the words but as soon as we asked him to sing, he was able to speak the words."
The research team is still unclear why MIT works. Dr Schlaug has one theory. He points out that the brain processes music in a different part from that which deals with speech but that there are areas of overlap. "Music-making is a multisensory experience that simultaneously activates several systems in the brain and links and loops them together. It engages many regions of the brain," he said. MIT treatment is a very long process. It can last for up to 16 years and requires hourly sessions five days a week. The good news is the benefits of the therapy are usually permanent. Two thirds of patients who tried MIT with Dr Schlaug reported they could say more words. MIT could potentially help up to 70,000 stroke victims in the USA alone.
WARM-UPS1. SINGING: Walk around the class and talk to other students about singing. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. WORDS: What’s the best way to pronounce them? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change again and share again.
4. STROKES: Students A strongly believe scientists will be able to prevent all strokes in the future; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. SINGING: Is it good for you? Rate these and share your ratings with your partner: 10 = absolutely, totally agree; 1 = no way! Change partners and share your ratings again.
6. BRAIN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘brain’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gapsScientists in the USA have found that singing _____________________ their speech difficulties. Doctors at two different medical schools said they _____________________ getting patients to sing words instead of speak them. The treatment is called Music Intonation Therapy (MIT). One of the researchers, Gottfried Schlaug, _____________________ success story. He showed a video of someone who had a stroke _____________________ the words of a birthday song. The person could only repeat the letters N and O. When Dr Schlaug _____________________ song, the words "happy birthday to you" came out. Schlaug said: "This patient has meaningless utterances when we ask him to say the words but as soon as we asked him to sing, _____________________ the words." The research team _____________________ MIT works. Dr Schlaug has one theory. He points out that the brain processes music in a different part from _____________________ speech but that there are areas of overlap. "Music-making is a multisensory experience that simultaneously activates several systems in the brain _____________________ them together. It engages many regions of the brain," he said. MIT treatment is a very long process. It _____________________ 16 years and requires hourly sessions five days a week. The good news _____________________ therapy are usually permanent. Two thirds of patients who tried MIT with Dr Schlaug reported _____________________ words. MIT could potentially help up to 70,000 stroke victims in the USA alone. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘stroke’ and ‘victim’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT SINGING SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about singing in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
SINGING DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICEScientists in the USA have found that singing helps stroke victims with their speech (1) ___. Doctors at two different medical schools said they had great success with getting patients to sing words instead (2) ____ speak them. The treatment is called Music Intonation Therapy (MIT). One of the researchers, Gottfried Schlaug, gave an example of a (3) ____ story. He showed a video of someone who had a stroke who could not speak the words of a birthday song. The person could only (4) ____ the letters N and O. When Dr Schlaug asked him to sing the song, the words "happy birthday to you" came out. Schlaug said: "This patient has (5) ____ utterances when we ask him to say the words but as soon as we asked him to sing, he (6) ____ able to speak the words." The research team is still unclear why MIT works. Dr Schlaug has (7) ____ theory. He points out that the brain processes music in a different part from that which (8) ____ with speech but that there are areas of overlap. "Music-making is a multisensory experience that simultaneously (9) ____ several systems in the brain and links and (10) ____ them together. It engages many regions of the brain," he said. MIT treatment is a very long process. It can last for up to 16 years and requires (11) ____ sessions five days a week. The good news is the benefits of the therapy are usually permanent. Two thirds of patients who tried MIT with Dr Schlaug reported they could say more words. MIT could potentially help (12) ____ to 70,000 stroke victims in the USA alone. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about singing for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about strokes. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. SINGING: Make a poster about singing and its uses in therapy. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. SPEECH: Write a magazine article about someone with speech difficulties. Include an imaginary interview with that person. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Dr Gottfried Schlaug. Ask him three questions about singing therapy. Give him three ideas for other things he could use to help people with speech difficulties. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Singing helps stroke victims talkScientists in the USA have found that singing helps stroke victims with their speech difficulties. Doctors at two different medical schools said they had great success with getting patients to sing words instead of speak them. The treatment is called Music Intonation Therapy (MIT). One of the researchers, Gottfried Schlaug, gave an example of a success story. He showed a video of someone who had a stroke who could not speak the words of a birthday song. The person could only repeat the letters N and O. When Dr Schlaug asked him to sing the song, the words "happy birthday to you" came out. Schlaug said: "This patient has meaningless utterances when we ask him to say the words but as soon as we asked him to sing, he was able to speak the words." The research team is still unclear why MIT works. Dr Schlaug has one theory. He points out that the brain processes music in a different part from that which deals with speech but that there are areas of overlap. "Music-making is a multisensory experience that simultaneously activates several systems in the brain and links and loops them together. It engages many regions of the brain," he said. MIT treatment is a very long process. It can last for up to 16 years and requires hourly sessions five days a week. The good news is the benefits of the therapy are usually permanent. Two thirds of patients who tried MIT with Dr Schlaug reported they could say more words. MIT could potentially help up to 70,000 stroke victims in the USA alone. LANGUAGE WORK
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