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 💥 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...