Grab your Guitar : un Mooc para profesores de inglés como lengua extranjera para promover el uso de la música en el aula

Abstract

Grab your Guitar is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) designed to raise awareness of Colombian musical richness and its methodological possibilities in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. Throughout the course, there are different modules that cover topics such as Colombian music history and its characteristics, recommendations for using music in the classroom and different methodologies to combine music and EFL teaching. The course is addressed to English teachers with a proficiency level between B2 and C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). The course was piloted with 6 teachers who developed the activities and contributed to its improvement by completing a satisfaction survey and writing a reflective journal on the Padlet platform. The comments expressed by the teachers showed the positive impact that the MOOC had in terms of promoting Colombian music cultural awareness and the use of different music-based methodologies and materials in the EFL classroom. For that reason, it is concluded that Grab your Guitar might represent a significant and useful tool for EFL teachers to innovate and be aware of the benefits of the music in their teaching practices.