Question 2) Discuss some ways that you can use your arts to enhance acquiring English literacy skills

Music and literacy have one thing in common; they are essential methods of expression of emotion and ideas. As someone said, music often defines as an universal language of mankind.
Music can be an effective tool for developing reading and writing skills because the power of song can help students retain and internalize important letter and sound relationships, spelling patterns, and phonics rules. Through the music, many literacy concepts are taught such as sight vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, phonics, and sequence.
As Clay said, language in music and language in print have many similarities such as the use of abstract symbols. Both oral language and written language can be obtained in the same manner. That is, by using them in a variety of holistic literacy experiences, and building on what the students already know about oral and written language (Clay, 1993).
When I was very young, I learned English alphabet through the world famous, "ABC Song". With rhythm and melody, it was much easier to memorize. Music can be applied for any subjects of education. Not only the alphabet, I learned simple English vocabulary and grammar through music throught "Do-Re-Mi Song". Sometimes, the same song is applied to different subjects or the same subjects are singed with different songs. But every time when I started learning foreign language, they were recommended to be memorized with simple songs no matter what languages or subjects. I posted some youtube videos how children learn English literacy through the music.