Mondos: Song Lessons: 14. To Love You More

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

14. To Love You More - Celine Dion

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

14.2 Video

14.3 Other Songs
14.3.1 My heart will go on (click here)
14.3.2 I Surrender (click here)
14.3.3 All By Myself(click here)
14.3.4 'Power of Love'(click here)
14.3.5 Pour que tu m'aimes encore (French) (click here)

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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.