What is English through Songs?

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION

A course focused on understanding songs phonetically, linguistically, and culturally. In this course, learners will listen to and practice pronunciation, do a variety of vocabulary learning and phrase awareness activities, have a chance to discuss different backgrounds and study language in fun way.

B. Rationale:

Music is a great language package that bundles culture, vocabulary, listening, grammar and a host of other language skills in just a few rhymes. Music can also provide a relaxed lesson on a hot boring day.

q English songs can be used for a wide variety of ESL learning and teaching activities. They can start discussions on a topic or even become the centre of debate.

q Most songs reflect the background of the singer, why not do activities on something like varieties of modern English; or simply by comparing two songs ask students to figure out where the speaker is from and why.

q Songs are also great for teaching listening. A great exercise with music is completing the blanks as students listen and choose the correct words from two words than rhyme, for example cry and try.

q You can teach grammar with songs in many ways. However many English songs sometimes sacrifice grammar for smooth rhyme.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

12. Yesterday Once More - Carpenters


12.1 Lesson
A lesson (click here) containing cloze activities and questions.

12.2 Video


12.3 Other songs
12.3.1 Top of the World (click here)
12.3.2 Rainy days and Mondays (click here)
12.3.3 We've Only Just Begun (click here)
12.3.4 When I Fall in Love (click here)
12.3.5 Ticket to Ride (click here)
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