Teaching literature using music in the context of portuguese as l2: an analysis of the musical composition of singer Cláudio Ismael

Abstract

Literature is one of the areas that seem not being developed effectively in the process of teaching and learning in mozambican public schools. Many factors are contributing for such scenario, and amongst many some can be highlighted, as such: lack of interest or motivation for reading, mainly, in high education. As a way to overcome this problem, many didactic actions can be taken by teachers, such as the use of music, strategy highlighted in this work. This work had the objective to show the contribution of music as a pedagogic resource and source of learning Literature in High Schools. Bibliographic research was applied in this work, consisting on the reading of some literatures focusing on the contribution of music in teaching and learning process and analyzing song (text) composition of Claudio Ismael, mozambican musician, looking deeply on the theme of the text, the phonic and morphosyntatic structure. The study demonstrated the importance of using songs as a way of connecting students and literature in the classroom. Was concluded that the gap between classic language and the current world, trends are diminished with the use of music in Literature teaching and learning.

Keywords: didactics, music, pedagogic resource.