A Study On The Teaching Practice Of Using Sign Language Songs In The Junior High School Music Class

Singing,as a musical performing art,needs to strengthen the beauty of music in the integration of sight and sound,which requires both technical skills as a foundation and cannot exist independently of the human behavior that produces it.Facial expressions and body movements,as human behaviors and expressions when experiencing singing,can enhance the visual expression of music.Middle school students are at an important stage of physical and mental development,and in the face of the changes in bodily functions that come with adolescence,they are more passive about "performance" and tend to have unnatural body movements and single facial expressions when singing.The use of sign language songs in the general middle school music classroom,with its unique "spatial grammar" and the movement of"non-manual elements" such as the body,head,eyebrows,eyes,cheeks,and mouth,can enhance students’ musical experience,reflect the life value of music,and realize the simultaneous expression of music This paper presents a discussion of the use of sign language songs in general music.This paper discusses the theoretical analysis,teaching practice,and pedagogical reflections on the use of sign language songs in the general middle school music classroom（aiming to distinguish it from the special education classroom）.The first chapter analyzes and composes the origin and development of sign language songs,and analyzes the purpose and feasibility of using sign language songs in the general middle school music classroom.Chapter 2 shows the teaching practice of sign language songs.Firstly,the pre-preparation of teaching sign language songs is explained,including the analysis of learning conditions,analysis of teaching materials,compilation of sign language,setting of teaching objectives,setting of teaching priorities and selection of teaching methods,combined with teaching cases,teaching evaluation and feedback,and analysis and summary of the advantages and shortcomings of teaching sign language songs.The third chapter is the author’s reflection on the use of sign language songs in the general middle school music classroom,including the necessity and pedagogical suggestions for implementation in the middle school music classroom and the transformation of the intrinsic mechanism of using sign language songs in the general middle school music classroom.This study combines sign language songs with voice,through the study of《Chinese Sign Language》and the《National Dictionary of Universal Sign Language》,learning and analyzing the sign language songs videos,using sign language songs in the general middle school music class to practice.In order to provide valuable reference for improving the singing expression of junior high school students.