Using Songs In Teaching English
Everyone likes songs. You just put on CD and press "play", don`t you?
Probably the most important thing is to choose a song in which the lyrics are clear. Choose a singer with a nice clear voice, like Frank Sinatra, for example. The recording should also be a good one.
There`s also the issue of whether or not the language is a suitable level-difficulty. And it is also a question od whether your students like the song.
What do you do with a song?
1. Do some listening exercises. In planning what you are going to do with a song you want to think about productive pre-, during- and post-listening tasks that are going to be language rich.
2. If you want to do some "fill-in-the-gaps exercises", please do it. But remember, you should do the exersice with the blanking words at the end of the line, but not the words that they rhyme with. It will be difficult for your students.
3. You could also try giving them, say, 12 chunks of the song, and get them to do it (before listening) as a "jigsaw reading" exercise, which they could then confirm during listening.
I will not write this article more, please visit these sites and you will read by yourself about teaching English with songs:
How to Use Songs in the English Language Classroom - https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-use-songs-english-language-classroom
Using Songs: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/using-songs-0
How to Teach English Using Songs - http://genkienglish.net/eslsongs.htm
Using Music in the ESL Classroom - http://www.englishclub.com/teaching-tips/music-classroom.htm
Songs and Activities for English Language Learners: https://sandraheyersongs.com/lesson-plans-for-recent-hits/
Song Worksheets
Worksheeets with Songs: https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Worksheets_with_songs
English ESL Song Worksheets: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/search/song
Teaching with Songs: http://www.isabelperez.com/songs.htm
My Worksheets: One Republic "Feel Again": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/environment/onerepublic-feel-again/122614
Adele "Hello": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/activities-songs-and-nursery-rhymes/adelle-hello/98326
Garfield "Cool Cat": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/listening/garfield-cool-cat/16164
Peter, Paul & Mary "Lemon Tree": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/family/peter-paul-mary-lemon-tree/15317
Within Temptation "Ice Queen": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/listening/within-temptation-ice-queen/15220
My Video Lessons: Madonna "Power of Goodbye": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/madonna-power-goodbye
Spice Girls "Mama": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/spice-girls-mama
Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/whitney-houston-i-will-always-love-you
James Blunt "You`re Beautiful": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/james-blunt-youre-beautiful
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