LOURDES GRIJALVA'S ENGLISH BLOG

In the last part, we will do a reinforcement about  this topic in the next videos   😊 🎶Music is part of our life. We listen to music every day and we all know that music has a great impact not only on our mental health but also on our cognitive abilities. Let's learn English by listening to music!!! 🎶

 💥 We continue with more lyrics songs that learn grammar and vocabulary 💥 Michael Jackson – What more can I give? To practise: How many, Interrogative, Questions  Band/singer: Michael Jackon  These song lyrics include 11 examples of questions:  “how many… will…”, “how many times…”, “what have I got…”, “what more can…”  &  “why do…”. The Beatles – All my loving To practise: The Future, Will Band/singer: The Beatles The lyrics of this song contain the following 8 examples of “will”: I’ll kiss you, I’ll miss you, I’ll always be, I’ll write home, I’ll send, I’ll pretend, I will send, I’ll be true John Lennon – Jealous guy To practise: Past continuous, Past Tenses Band/singer: John Lennon, The Beatles The lyrics of this song include the following 7 examples of the past continuous: I was dreaming, my heart was beating, I was feeling, I was shivering, I was trying, you was (sic) trying, I was swallowing Eagles – Hotel California To pra...

There are many different ways to use songs in your ESL class, which we use to learn grammar and vocabulary. Following are some songs with their respective grammar. Bruno Mars – Just the way you are To practice: 3rd person singular, Basic level, Present simple, Present Tense Band/singer: Bruno Mars Practice the present simple, and especially the third person singular, in your ESL class with this classic song. The lyrics of this song contain 24 examples of the present simple tense, and it is appropriate for basic-level learners. Fool’s Garden – Lemon Tree To practice: Prepositions, Present continuous, Present Tense Band/singer: Fool's Garden The lyrics of this song contain over half a dozen different examples of the present continuous and 11 different prepositions (in, around, for, of, about, up, down, out, inside, into & on) Frank Sinatra – My way To practice: Irregular verbs, Multiple Tenses (for revision), Past simple, Past Tenses.  Band/singer: Frank Sinatra...

🎵  Songs can be explored in many ways and here we continue with more activities... Choose the right word : the students listen to the song and choose the word that they hear. 👶For beginners, you can give the students two different words that mean the same thing but which don’t sound similar. “Yesterday, all my problems/troubles seemed so far away” 👨For intermediate level, you can give the students two different words that sound similar, which is harder to distinguish: “Yesterday, all my doubles/troubles seemed so far away” Put the words in the correct order: Much more difficult. In this activity, students can practice grammar: "my yesterday away, trouble so far everything seemed". Matching: Give the students the first half of each line and ask them to match them with the second half. For the intermediate level, you can divide each line into three parts: Find the mistakes : Give the students the lyrics of a song with mistakes in it so that the students can correct them. Fo...

  After knowing the different songs that can apply in the classroom and in the learning process of a second language. We have the VOCABULARY 💯 Students should be given an opportunity to use new vocabulary in practice while listening to a song. There is no question that new words need to be integrated into existing knowledge – mental lexicon. For this can apply different activities for example matching, sorting, comparing, combining , etc.   In the following, there are different activities that can be used with songs and vocabulary learning.  💥CLOZE OR GAP FILLING 💥 T his is the best-known and most popular activity. Have a goal, whether it's vocabulary, prepositions, or whatever. Don't do three or more cloze in a row. For lower levels: give the first letter, omit word endings, give hyphens for letters, or give a glossary. Give vocabulary clues or synonyms for missing words. Have students work in pairs to predict the words before playing the song. Insert additional wo...

  😎This part of the blog focuses on how the use of music can be particularly meaningful in an EFL classroom. This practice helps to identify/observe language elements in context, but also improves your ability to retain information and music has the ability to bridge cultures and languages. 👌 For example:  🅱efore you play any music: It is prudent to find out students’ choice of music. Songs with repetitive verses are better because can be used with ease and students can understand. For advanced-level users of the language, songs with complex language structures and concepts too  🆆arm up: Music can be used as a good introduction to a lesson, just to warm them up for a lesson. For example, Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song' can be used to talk about environmental concerns. A song with an easy-to-repeat chorus. 🅶rammar : Music is particularly useful for teaching grammatical structures, our brains are wired to process information. After working with the lyrics of a song, ...