Butterfly

Last week I played Rajaton's recording of Mia Makaroff's Butterfly for by students. If you haven't heard it, take a listen. I told them the name of the song in English and Chinese (蝴蝶 hu2die2) and told them to think about what it might mean or how it made them feel. Then I told them to write or draw.

Although there were some students who didn't know what to write or draw, only one student didn't write or draw anything, and there were a lot of creative results. Here are some of my favorites:

Also the follow written comments:

"This song is very moving."

"I don't understand this song, but it sounds very hard to sing."

"This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard!"

"At first it sounds like there's no meaning, but then it makes sense. In the middle there's a lot of English, a lot of knowledge. Thank you."

"I think this English song sounds very good, I really want to learn, because since I was small I dreamed of learning English songs. Miss Nan can you give me pretty English songs to listen to?"

"This song makes me want to fly."

"This reminds me of when I was small and played with my older brother and sister."

P.S. If anyone has ideas for songs I should have them listen to, please comment below! I'd like to expose them to all sorts of different styles.