La langue anglaise

CHAPTER FOUR: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS Poetry and Music at School In Assumptions Regarding Music and Poetry It’s wrong to assume that song lyrics and musical compositions have lessIMPORTANCE OF POETRY AND SONGS IN SCHOOLS THEY DEVELOP LANGUAGE Reading and writing poetry helps develop important language and literacy skills. It enables pupils to see the endless possibilities […]

SECTION 2: DISSIMILARITIES EZRA POUND, the famed American poet, once expressed, “Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance…poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.[1]” Based on Pound’s quote, it is evident that music and poetry share many similarities. However, the two remain distinctive forms of creative

CHAPTER THREE: SIMILARITIES AND DISSIMILATIES BETWEEN ENGLISH POEMS AND CONGOLESE LYRIC SONG This work is entitled as “English Poetry and Congolese Music/Song: A contrastive study.” When we have the word contrastive in mind, we find ourselves in the systematic study of a pair of (SLA) in the 1960s and early 1970s, as a method of

2.4. Song definition A song is a musical composition with at least one melody, a vocal line, and words, usually following one of several culturally specific repetitive structures. Lingala songs are songs produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Lingala language. Mostly they are compiled as all kinds of songs produced

1.2. History of Lingala Songs Congo music, also known as Congolese music or Rumba Lingala, is a genre that originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo. It emerged from a fusion of traditional African rhythms and melodies with influences from Cuban and Caribbean music during the early 20th century.

CHAPTER ONE: BRIEF HISTORY OF BOTH ENGLISH POETRY AND CONGOLESE LYRIC SONGS/MUSIC While learning any given language, it is advisable to penetrate and know both its history and culture. This is why, before analyzing our topic about poetry and Congolese music deeply, in details, we’re going to review the history of the English poetry evolution