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Carolyn Graham is the creator of numerous
English-language teaching Teaching English as a second (TESL) or foreign language (TEFL) and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) are terms that refer to teaching English to students whose first language is not English. The terms TEFL, TESL, and TESO ...
books, most notably '' Jazz Chants'' and ''Let's Sing, Let's Chant'', published by
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...
. She also wrote the songs for the ''Let's Go'' (textbooks) and Susan Rivers' ''Tiny Talk'' series of ELT books, also published by
OUP Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...
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Jazz Chants

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Graham's Jazz Chants became popular along with the ESL teaching methods and techniques during the same period. Graham developed the technique of jazz chanting during her 25 years of teaching ESL in the American Language Institute of
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
. She has also taught at
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
and has conducted workshops in the NYU School of Education, Columbia Teachers College in New York and Tokyo, and elsewhere throughout the world.


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Graham is the author of numerous Jazz Chants books, mostly published by
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...
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Oxford University Press
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