Music is a great way of encouraging our students in the learning of a language. There is a very well known tool that allows us to play using gamification with songs. My students love it.
https://es.lyricstraining.com/
Enjoy learning languages for free playing with the music videos and filling in the lyrics of your favorite songs
Shared and curated by Fernando Hidalgo
Here´s a video about how music can help those kids who have nothing nor instruments.
Shared and curated by M. Paloma Toledano.
This song is an example of the Youtube channel, by ParrMr and devoted to songs related to science in the classroom.
Shared and curated by Nuria Salgado.
Music is a great way of encouraging our students in the learning of a language. There is a very well known tool that allows us to play using gamification with songs. My students love it.
https://es.lyricstraining.com/
Shared by Fernando Hidalgo
Shared by Fernando Hidalgo:
There's no doubt that our lives wouldn't be the same without music. Watching this touchy video, we realise about the importance of music as a therapy.
Shared by M. Carmen Carbajo:
Adele is one of the best artist of the moment. Her voice is special and her lyrics catch you. From my point of view, she has interesting songs that can be used to learn English. One of them is “Hello”.
I would like to share the song, a video related to the story behind the song and some activities on vocabulary and expressions.
ACTIVITIES
Exercise 1. Match the following expressions with
their definitions
1. to look up a number
2. to hang up
3. answering machine
4. phonebook
5. to lose signal or to have a poor/strong mobile
phone signal (reception)
6. pick up the phone
7. to leave the phone off the hook
8. to be on the phone
9. to dial a number
10. telephone box/booth
11. to call someone
12. the line is busy
13. a flip phone
A. refers to the strength of the signal received by a mobile
phone from a cellular network
B. to finish a phone call
C. a small mobile phone that closes by folding in
the middle to make it easier to carry
D. to answer a telephone call
E. personal list of phone numbers
F. to press the buttons, or to turn the dial, on a
telephone in order to call someone
G. a small structure containing a telephone that
you pay to use
H. to be speaking to someone through the phone
I. not to put the handset back correctly and it
will not ring.
J. a machine that answers your telephone and
records messages that people leave for you
K. to contact or attempt to contact a person or
number by phone
L. to try to find a number by looking in a book or
on a list, or by using a computer
M. being used when you try to call
Exercise 2.Find the following in the lyrics:
§ a verb meaning to desire to know
something.
§ three phrasal verbs.
§ an informal contraction that some people
consider incorrect.
§ an idiomatic expression meaning to be lucky,
successful and greatly admired.
§ a modal+ perfect infinitive
§ an idiomatic expression meaning to cause
someone great emotional pain.
§ a combination that goes against grammar, but
which is very common in casual registers.
§ an idiomatic expression meaning to achieve a
goal, to be successful.
Exercise 3. The lyrics
Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd
like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time's supposed to heal ya
But I ain't done much healing
Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell
at our feet
There's such a difference between us
And a million miles
(chorus)
Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry
For everything that I've done
But when I call you never
Seem to be home
Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you I'm sorry
For breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly
Doesn't tear you apart anymore
Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm
sorry
I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town
Where nothing ever happened?
It's no secret
That the both of us
Are running out of time
(Chorus)
Hello by Adele: The Story Behind the Song
Shared by Santos Suárez:
I´d like to share some interesting websites in order to teach/learn English through music:
http://mondostoppops.blogspot.com/ This site is for learning English through songs and song lyrics. There will be a number of different resources put up every week.
http://www.forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/ This site features articles supporting the use of music as well as an annotated bibliography of books and CD’s that teachers will find particularly helpful when they use music to instruct English. This site was created for educators who are interested in promoting the acquisition of English through music.
https://busyteacher.org/2728-classroom-songs-16-creative-ways.html It offers a list of interesting activities to get profit from music in the teaching-learning process of English
https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-use-songs-english-language-classroom An interesting post by Adam J. Simpson with suggestions to make a successful song-based lesson.
https://myeltbrewery.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/beyond-gap-fills-using-songs-to-learn-a-language-why-how-and-which/ To get some ideas about going further "Fill in the Gaps" activities in song-based activities.
https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/forum_article_-_beyond_the_gap_fill-_dynmaic_activties_for_song_in_the_efl_classrom.pdf More suggestions to go beyond the Gap Fill activities.
https://sandraheyersongs.com/ It offers a lot of resources and ideas to teach english through music (lessons ideas, activities to practice grammar, and so on...)
Shared by Mª Aurora Pantiga:
Moon River
Henry Mancini (1961)
Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
1 LISTEN TO THE SONG. Download the track.
2 ASK QUESTIONS.TRANSLATE INTO English
1._ ¿Cómo se llama el río? ….
2._ ¿Cuánto mide de ancho? …
3._ ¿Qué va a hacer el cantante un día?
…
4._ ¿Cómo es el río / cómo describirías
el río? …
5._ ¿Qué persiguen el cantante y el río?
…
6._ ¿Quién está esperando al cantante en
la curva? …
7._ ¿Quién es Huckleberry?
8._ ¿Quién compuso esta canción?
9._ ¿Cuándo se escribió Moon River?
10._ ¿Por qué es el río un creador de
sueños y un rompecorazones?
11. _ Answer questions 7 and 10.
Expand your explanation from 25 to 50 words maximum. Surf the Internet to search for information if necessary.
Organise content, attention to SENTENCE GRAMMATICAL
STRUCTURE, SPELLING, VERBAL tense and form, and linkers. Remember QUALITY
comes before quantity writing in English.
3. VOCABULARY. FIND SYNONYMOUS WORDS.
11._
wanderer, tramp _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12._
fantasy, illusion _ _ _ _ _
13._ action
related to TIME _ _ _ _ _ _ _
14._ RED,
ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO and VIOLET are colours of the _ _ _ _ _ __
15._ 1.609m
= one _ _ _
4. FILL IN THE CHART WITH THE IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE SONG
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5 MATH. Find out the equivalent to the following units.
1 Gram=
0.0352 ounces « = 1 ounce(1 onza)= …grams
1 kilo= 2.205 pounds « 1 pound (1 libra)= …k
14 pounds=
1 stone = …k
1.000kilos= (1 tonelada)= … tons
1centimeter=
0.394 inch (pulgada)
100cm =1m = … inches
1,000m=1km= … mile
1inch =
25.4mm ; 12 inches= 1foot=
30.48cm ® 3 feet= 1 yard (yarda)= 0.914m
220yards=1furlong (estadio)= 201.17m
8furlongs= 1mile (milla)= …km
Shared and curated by M. Paloma Toledano: Enjoy the pics by this great and really original photographer! https://www.npr.org/sections/pictur...
