Music and the Brain

Marissa Pare-Castro

With about 2,500,000,000 results in 0.61 seconds, Google showed links to read about music and the brain. Such is constantly discussed with my language learners. Why is that so?

Given the pandemic situation in our education system, doing a reading intervention is not that easy. However, English language teachers are aware that the reading difficulty of learners persists and could be getting worse than before the pandemic. The University of Central Florida encapsulated ten things that music could do: change your ability to perceive time tap into the primal fear reduce seizures make you a better communicator make you stronger boost your immune system assist in repairing brain damage make you smarter evoke memories help Parkinson's patients

The benefits stated above occur through the impact of music on the brain. Most of these are also mentioned in the links provided by Google.

With these science-based benefits of music, we make sure that music is a part of our learning environment much more this pandemic without the face-to-face learning delivery. For example, we made learning a song a week a part of our reading intervention. We also use the tunes of nursery rhymes to teach reading comprehension strategies.

No one has to be a good singer or instrumentalist to benefit from the power of music. The brain and music are created to interact with each other. Thus, the brain automatically reacts to it by just listening to music. They are entwined. However, be careful with the music you expose your brain to every day. Everything in this world could either break you or make you.

As language teachers, let us share the power of music to help our learners acquire the English language during this pandemic. Let us encourage them to enjoy learning new songs in the English language and join the journey. Share the songs you learn and how you use them to empower you in language acquisition and keep a happy, healthy, and smart person within you.

How wonderful if you could sing a part of the song before them. Oops! You are out of tune. It does not matter if you are a good singer or not. But if you love what you do, like Anne Curtis, you could influence others to use the power of music as you. We can only share what we have, and one of them is our brand of music and what it does to us.The University of Central Florida (n.d.). Your brain on music. Retrieved from https:/ /www.ucf.edu/pegasus/your-brain-on-music/

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