Learning through karaoke!

I was really interested to see this report from Reuters on how a school in Thailand is using karaoke to help nurses learn about cardiology! Have a look here to read the article that goes with this: Karaoke for the heart at Thai medical school

There might be a short advertisement before the report starts.

I was particularly interested because I posted a short feature on my learning technology blog about using karaoke only last week.

• Karaoke with a Social Network

Now I'm wondering if karaoke learning is just and Asian phenomenon or whether this would work with other students.

Has anyone else been using karaoke with their students? I'd love to hear from anyone who has or from anyone who has other karaoke type websites to share.

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Learn English and get fit

I just spotted this rather remarkable example of an English video lesson for Japanese students. It shows some rather remarkable use of music and includes a revolutionary drilling method.

Watch, learn and enjoy!



Try this at home and you might also get fit too.

As someone who has always believed in the benefits of drilling new language, it's great to see that the ancient art still finds a place in our modern world!

But on a more serious note you might find this useful if you're involved in teacher training and want to get some discussion going around the theme of drills.

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