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| "I can do it." by Richard Graham Can you do it? I can do it! ( Yeah!) Can you do it? I can do it! ( Yeah!) Can you do it? I can do it! ( Yeah!) Can you do it? I can do it! ( Yeah!) Who can play the drums? I can play the drums. Who can play the bass? I can play the bass. Who can play the piano? I can play the piano. Who can sing? I can sing! (Repeat Chorus) Who can play the guitar? I can play the guitar Who can play the trumpet? I can play the trumpet. Who can play the violin? I can play the violin. Who can sing? I can sing! (Repeat Chorus) x 2 |
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The first rule of Genki English is "Dekiru, Dekiru, Dekiru to omoeba, Dekiru!", which means "If you think you can do it, you can do it!". Most people in Japan think of English as that grammar they did in Junior High School, they are taught that English is hard and it's something they can never do. But we can show them that it's not brain surgery and it's not quantum mechanics, it's just a foreign language and you can have lots of fun with it! With just a bit of work, a lot of fun and even more confidence, it's something anyone can do!
So that brings us to the "I can do it!" song. I've chosen musical
instruments as the vocab to team up with this phrase, as most Japanese
kids will know the meanings of the words, and they are great fun to mime!
Kids also like to ask if you can indeed play any musical instruments. The
chorus uses "Can you do it?" and the verse also uses "Who
can play the ...?" which may look a bit complicated at first. But
these are lines that the teacher sings, and the song is structure so that
the kids' line is always "I can ..." so it's quite straight forward.
As usual, the gestures are important...
In the chorus, the teacher sings "Can you do it?" and the kids reply "I can do it!" then to make it fun they push their hands up in the air on the first "Yeah!".
Then on the second time line they push their hands down on the "Yeah!".
In the verses you mime playing the instrument as you ask "Who can
play the ...?" and the kids mime whilst replying back! Really go over
the top on this, it's lots of fun!
I can't stress enough how important confidence is for Japanese kids, and
I guess for kids anywhere, and this theme should go a long way to helping
them out. Good luck!
Recommended Game:
I usually find that it's great to end this lesson with the song, to really finish on a high note. But if you have time the recommended game for this song is "American Idol: I want to make you a star!".
Worksheet:
The kids shout out "Who can play the ..." plus the name of the first instrument. The teacher replies, "I can play the (name of instrument) says (+ the name of one animal)". e.g. "I can play the drums, says the penguin". The kids draw a line between that animal and the instrument. Repeat for the other instruments. As the teacher, make sure you prepare which animals will go with which instrument before hand. The animals here are different to the picture cards and software.
The "I can do it" song can be found on CD vol. 5 !
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