THATO MAPHUNYE
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My name is Kopano Maphunye and I'm from Zeerust, Gopane village. I want to be a foundation phase teacher because it is great to interact with children from a tender age, it needs a person who is patient working and listening to children, giving each one of them a chance to express themselves. 

I am passionate about being a good teacher, being a good daughter, sister , about learning. 

I feel overwhelmed at times as this semester is shorter than the first semester and there is lot of work so I have to to do all my best to meet the deadlines making sure not to miss any due date of assignments and tests. To treat the module as a priority and not slack at any time and passing the module is my expectation.

Study unit 2: Listening to and responding to music

2 Dec 2021, 19:25 Publicly Viewable

Contemporary Commercial Music

Contemporary commercial music is a renewed name for what was used to name pop/popular/western music. The collective name is produced to back everything which are music hall, pop, rock, gospel, R&B, soul, hip hop, rap, country, folk, experiment music and other tastes which are not regarded as classical music.

Contemporary commercial music is some taste of music which is on-going or modernized, directing present matters in a way that is attractive to the audience. The way of interest may entail blending multiple original music style combined.

Contemporary commercial music examples are:

  • pop
  • country
  • folk
  • jazz
  • musical theater
  • rock 
  • and gospel

I would choose Contemporary Commercial Music because it can help students acquire teaching expertise to teach in a broad scale of techniques including musical theater, country, pop, jazz and blues.

I do not  think the examples in Study unit 2 are inclusive as they only talked about pop, folk songs ang nursery rhymes. It would have been better if rock, music theater, country,  were somehow included as kids love music and they can learn a lot from these other genres.

Suggestions for making the content more inclusive

  • promoting a positive classroom environment
  • embracing learners' diversity
  • increase cultural competence
  • encouraging student interactions
  • and fostering a community of learners in our classrooms.