‘Music is food for the soul’. In the modern era, we may say that it is the ‘fast food’ for learning (second) language. Unlike Fast Food which leads to obesity, Music transcends all the barriers and makes the language learning-process relatively smooth. All over the world, we have an array of Music starting from Hindustani classical to the imitable Taylor Swift.
Our official entry to Oscars – ‘Gully Boy’ comes as a revelation, where we see the protagonist swinging in the beats of International Music and later transcending the narrow lanes of Dharavi slums and making a solid mark for himself. Hence it is not difficult to fathom- How powerful Music can prove in language-learning platforms.
As per Hindu Mythology, Ganeshji has long, big ears, and his mouth remains hidden under his trunk. The beauty of our scriptures lies in their simplicity. Speaking takes effort; listening doesn’t! Youtube is overflowing with TED talk speakers, right from diet to spirituality-you name the topic, and they have it!
Now one important point we need to keep in mind, when we are listening to a speech, we may not be able to follow word by word, and that should not be our concern at all. Our concern should be even if we are listening for 10 mins we should be able to make a gist out of it. ‘Fear’ is the enemy of learning. Hence choose a happy topic and start listening with a big smile on your face.