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Special to the Chronicie When Jan McDonald, one of Wilfrid Laurier Univerâ€" sity students entered her first class to learn German this summer she had braced herself for a difficult lesson. But Jan was in for a surâ€" prise. *‘*With music, learning beâ€" comes fun," says Dr. Herâ€" minio Schmidt who has begun, utilizing music while teaching. "It is much easier to remember words of a song with a melody."" He has based his technique on the same basic principle and is using the same learning techniques in his introducâ€" tory courses this fall. Dr. Schmidt is convinced that everybody likes to sing. **Singing and learning a foreign language are very closely related,"" he says. ming a complicated gramâ€" mar lesson to a tune by Joâ€" hann Sebastian Bach â€" in German of course. / After her first class she went home happily humâ€" Open daily till 9:30 p.m. Open Fri. & Sat. till 10:30 p.m. Sunday till 9 p.M. .. __..le«c Barbequed SPARE RIBS a strip of ribs prepared with our own barbeque or brown sugar sauce. Luncheon Menu Available Banquet Facilities â€" Dr. Schmidt mnmmmeameas=sC ntelrta n m en { mm Prof sings ‘"Deutsch ist leicht"‘ "In both cases you have to train your ear before you can reproduce the correct Music comes most natural to man, he claims. It does the trick effortlessly even when seemingly insurmounâ€" table problems have to be overcome. professor. To prove his point Dr.â€" Schmidt intonates a tune "Deutsch ist leicht" â€" German is easy. Surprisingâ€" ly enough, it is. Through music as well as language we communicate a *‘Take for instance a perâ€" son who stutters," Dr. Sehâ€" midt explains. "It takes him tremendous effort and frusâ€" tration to speak fluently. But give him a tune and the stutterer will be singing the same words without a flaw." Herminio Schmidt‘s exâ€" pertise has been used in lanâ€" guage teaching for many years. His enthusiasm for teaching is obvious. He is assistant professor of Gerâ€" man and director of Wilfrid Laurier University‘s moâ€" dern language laboratory. ‘‘*As a child I was not perâ€" mitted to sino in a choir beâ€" cause I could not hold a tune,""* he admits with a chuckle."" Ever since, his love for singing has been He has established one of the largest and most sucâ€" cessful Saturday morning German language schools in Canada with over 800 stuâ€" dents. He is also involved in the development of comâ€" puter aided language inâ€" struction. His love for music, however, seems to be very close to his heart. , according to the The positive influence of music upon people has been recognized from the beginâ€" ning of mankind. In the last two decades music has gained considerable imporâ€" tance as a therapeutic tool in Europe. A method developed by Dr. Georgy Lazanov, a Bulâ€" garian physiciatand psyâ€" chotherapist, employs _ music as background while teaching a foreign language. Lazanov‘s emphasis is on relaxing the student‘s mind which then unlocks the hidâ€" den reserves of the subconsâ€" Dr. Schmidt, who recogâ€" nizes the importance of Laâ€" zanov‘s *"psychological reâ€" laxation"‘, has adapted the experiment by having the student consciously parâ€" ticipate in singing classical tunes in harmony. This seems to work best while studying German, he feels. confined to the shower. He has now graduated to the classroom. In. more recent years music has ‘been utilized learning languages. _ _ **Harmony has a magic touch"", says Dr. Schmidt. yE2EEEEE) Be There!=»»»» ‘Take for instance a‘child, he says. It delights in using newly learned swear words. He feels that learning is easier if people‘s emotions are involved. * ‘It does something to us. It touches our inner emoâ€" tions." ANNUAL 6 CAKE DECORATING (}*> CONTEST _ 3 Kâ€"W Oktoberftest Women‘s Committee Start now for this event Artificial bases are accepted Amateurs only â€" 3 categories ‘Prizes â€" 1st 70.00 cash & Oktoberfest theme 2nd 35.00 Zehrs food voucher + The.me of your choice 3rd 25.00 Zehrs food voucher & Open class for juniors Junior â€" 1st 15.00 cash under 17 2nd 10.00 cash under 17 2nd 10.00 cash Entry forms are available at all Zehrs stores, German Clubs, House ofâ€" Elegance and the Kâ€"W Oktoberfest Office, call 576â€"0571 for information. *"*Sponsored by Zehrs Markets®" October 4, 1980 Fairview Park Mail â€" Amphi Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, September 24, 1980 â€" Page 15 That‘s because these words are usually loaded with emotions. They are packed with emphatic expressions. **Music does the same thing in a more cultivated manâ€" ner,"" he says. k student Renate Pleau ‘‘It never gets boring in Dr. Schmidt‘s class," says