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MUSIC TO OUR EARS

by Prof. Silvia Arberas

Last August, just after the July finals, more ‘testing times’ awaited the Translation Programme English Language II students and the Teacher Training College Programme English Language III students – the mid-year exam.

One of the set tasks was as follows:

You have just read the following announcement in THE ISPIAN, your college digital magazine:

Produce your article for the magazine.

THE-BEST-SONG-EVER CORNER

Rave about that favourite song of yours in an article to appear in our next issue. Tell us about your pet song:

composer(s),

singer(s),

origin (if you know anything about it),

the beauty of its lyrics and music,

the effect it has on you,

its practical uses,

and what not!

Come on! Submit your article and make THE ISPIAN ‘polyphonic’!

As I was marking the papers, it struck me that what had started as test fodder had sparked production that was well worth publishing. The students wishing to submit their articles to THE ISPIAN were requested to digitalize them and embellish them with … well, read on and find out what…