The Function of Physical Expression Seen in Critical Essays about Music Appreciation Classes :

Focusing on the Relationship between Movement and Language in a “Community of Action”

Abstract

  This study aims to clarify the function of physical expression as seen in critical essays about music appreciation classes, focusing on the relationship between movement and language in a “community of action.“

  This essay clarifies the relationship between movement and language in a “community of action” on the basis of relevant literature.

  Next, we configure an appreciation class that introduced physical expression, established the community of action, and hypothetically set up the linguistic environment - and then we put it into practice.

  Finally, we analyze the scenes taken from all of the video recordings of the practice in view of the configuration of class.

  As a result of the analysis, we concluded the function of physical expression seen as noted in critical essays about the appreciation learning as follows :

  (1) By being replaced by language, physical expression as community of action increases thinking about materials, creating a diversity of music quality which each group member has physically accepted as a possible meaning of “preserving” and “transferring”.

  (2) The physical expression as the community of action encourages learners to make use of language, which enriches the critical essays.