本书是根据Carolyn Graham教授独创的Jazz Chants教学法编写而成。

全书共分40课，每一课包括一首短诗或一首歌曲，以及四个练习。四个练习分别是：(1)判断对错，目的是检查学生对课文的理解；(2)同韵词识别，目的是练习英语发音和对发音拼写规则的掌握；(3)句子理解，目的是加深对课文里新介绍的词汇或句型的理解；(4)根据实际情况回答问题，目的是让学生在实践中运用英语。

该书可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

1.Listen to the Beat

2.Sky Chant

3.Are You Japanese?

4.How Many Bees Do You See?

5.Hello Chant

6.Where's Tim? Is He Here?

7.What Time Is It? Am I Late?

8.Gee! This Is Good!

9.My Dog Jean

10.Sleepy Cow

11.Where's Kate?

12.Where Are You from?

13.The Cucumber Song

14.This Guy's Good

15.The Yellow Carp Chant

16.Bike Chant

17.Summer Heat

18.A Horse Is Faster Than a Cow

19.I Can't Understand Him

20.Let's Go Inside

21.Sit Down and Be Quiet

22.Do You Watch TV Every Day?

23.Wet Hair Chant

24.Get to the Gate

25.What's the Matter?

26.The Thursday Club

27.Dirty Kitchen

28.Basketball Star

29.Water Chant

30.Today's the Tenth of May

31.Spring Is Here!

32.My Teacher Wrote a Letter to My Mother

33.How Many Girls Are There in Our Class?

34.The Race Chant

35.The Birthday Cake Song

36.Soup Chant

37.May I Leave Early Today?

38.Ping Pong Chant

39.Look at the Moon

40.Graduation Day

Glossary

Notes for Teachers