Tom Parkinson

English language teachers have long recognised pop songs' potential for engaging students and establishing positive classroom environments conducive to language learning. Educational publishers increasingly incorporate music into their coursebooks, including specially commissioned 'ELT songs', whose lyrics feature aspects of target language. This Element explores the phenomenon of ELT songs from the authors' insider perspective as songwriters. It considers the relationship between music and lyrics in songs, what this means for using songs in the language classroom, the historical developments through which ELT songs emerged, and the contexts in which they are written, listened to, and made. Through literature review and reflection, the authors derive a framework of twelve criteria and ten dilemmas to guide ELT songwriting, before applying it in an analysis of their songs and songwriting process. The final section proposes a model for multidisciplinary collaboration between songwriters and non-musician collaborators including authors, teachers, and publishers.

English language teachers have long recognised pop songs' potential for engaging students and establishing positive classroom environments conducive to language learning. Educational publishers increasingly incorporate music into their coursebooks, including specially commissioned 'ELT songs', whose lyrics feature aspects of target language. This Element explores the phenomenon of ELT songs from the authors' insider perspective as songwriters. It considers the relationship between music and lyrics in songs, what this means for using songs in the language classroom, the historical developments through which ELT songs emerged, and the contexts in which they are written, listened to, and made. Through literature review and reflection, the authors derive a framework of twelve criteria and ten dilemmas to guide ELT songwriting, before applying it in an analysis of their songs and songwriting process. The final section proposes a model for multidisciplinary collaboration between songwriters and non-musician collaborators including authors, teachers, and publishers.

He was diagnosed with Parkinson's in December 2020 and in January 2021 a DaTSCAN confirmed this diagnosis. Although all doctors advised him to take medication, he decided against it and successfully embarked on a search for alternative healing methods and their application. These approaches led to his symptoms improving in autumn 2021 and remaining stable to this day. On 29 April 2024, he scored just 20 out of a maximum 199 points on the MDS-UPDRS scale. Around three years earlier, on 21 July 2021, his score was 18 points. This shows that he has halted the progression of Parkinson's disease with his methods for the time being. His results clearly exceed the expectations of conventional medicine. In his book, he shares his experiences with the alternative healing methods he has used himself in an understandable way. Tom Parkinson believes that it is a mistake to focus exclusively on one particular alternative healing method. Instead, the human body should be considered holistically in order to achieve effective healing. Every person is unique and therefore individual vulnerabilities must be taken into account. He hopes that his book will provide valuable insights for those affected and interested.

"In meinem Buch geht es um alternative Heilmethoden zur Behandlung von Parkinson. Es beleuchtet verschiedene ganzheitliche Ans tze, die abseits der klassischen Schulmedizin liegen, wie zum Beispiel nat rliche Heilverfahren, Ern hrungsumstellungen, Bewegungstherapien und mentale Techniken. Das Buch bietet Betroffenen und deren Angeh rigen neue Perspektiven auf die Behandlung und zeigt Wege auf, wie sie ihre Lebensqualit t durch alternative Heilmethoden verbessern k nnen. Dabei verbindet es wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse mit praktischen Anleitungen, um Menschen zu helfen, ihre Gesundheit auf nat rliche Weise zu unterst tzen und den Krankheitsverlauf positiv zu beeinflussen."

An all-singing, all-dancing celebration of ordinary life and death. Single mum Emma confronts the highs and lows of life with a cancer diagnosis; that of her son and of the real people she encounters in the daily hospital grind. Groundbreaking performance artist Bryony Kimmings creates fearless theatre to provoke social change, looking behind the poster campaigns and pink ribbons at the experience of serious illness.