Teaching English with songs is extremely efficient in teaching language. The students love doing the cloze excersises. They learn all the language skills... 1) Listening...Following the song to determine words.
2) Reading.....Reading the lyrics
3) Writing.....Filling in the blanks
4) Speaking....Singing the song
I have never found a student that has not enjoyed learning English with songs and music. The materials found on these pages can be used for students of all levels (over 12 years old, basic reading required).
Low Level
The students are handed the work-sheets (printed from these pages) and told to think about what the missing words may be. They can look at the words at the bottom of the page and each word can be translated and the meanings are explained. The teacher has the students repeat the words in chorus. After much discussion the music for the song is played and (in pairs), they choose the words that they think that will fill in the blanks. The music is played four times. Finally the correct words are written on the blackboard and the students mark their papers. (you may want to have students marking each others sheet) Finally the music is played again and the students all sing along to the song with the correct lyrics. For homework the students must memorize any new vocabulary from the bottom of the work sheet.
Intermediate Level
The students are handed the work-sheets (printed from these pages) and told to look at the words at the bottom of the page. Each word is translated and the meanings are explained. The teacher has the students repeat the words in chorus. Then the words at the bottom of the page are folded under so that the student can not see them (dependent on level) while the music is played and must fill in the blanks, with correct spelling, from just listening to the music. The students work as individuals (not in pairs) and the song is only played three times. For homework the students must memorize any new vocabulary from the bottom of the work sheet.
High Level
The students are told to fold the words at the bottom underneath immediately. There is no discussion and the song is played only twice. The students must fill in the blanks with the words they think they hear. The song is marked and those with the highest scores are given applause. The whole song is disected and any vocabulary that is not known is to be memorized.
We can find this information here:
http://www.eslgames.com/teachingsongs/faq.htm
How to use songs?
There are many reasons to use songs in the classroom. Songs is a very good tool to motivate the stundents' learning process, it works also as a break for the routine.Songs could be an essential part of English teaching. It makes the
students more sensitive to the sounds and the classes becomes more interesting and poweful. Be careful with your students leves you should choose a song according to their level and try to see if the song is suitable for them. There lots of songs withc are unsuitable for the language teaching, this songs have a bad pronunciation or better the words are pronounced wrongly.
Songs are a good way to teach in an "Edutainment" way because they incorporate all the language skills:
(1) Listening (to the song) - Following the song to determine words.
(2) Reading (following the lyrics to determine the words)
(3) Writing (filling in the blanks) - Reading the lyrics
(4) Speaking (singing the song)
Kind of songs:
- Special songs - Children's songs - Action songs - Teaching structure songs - Telling stories songs - Pop Songs -
Working with the songs
Although many teachers use songs only for listening purposes there are many activities that you can apply to develop
your teaching process . Blanks - Strips of paper - relaxation - Organize the verses - Correct the mistakes - Games -
There are some suggestions before using the songs, such as: Pre-teaching vocabulary - Play the song first to the students
Repeat some new vocabulary chorally, etc.
Game 1 -
This is not an original game but it was really different and nice to use with my students, they liked it very much special it worked as a competiton and they love competition.
The game was like that : I chose a song and aslo the blank strategy, but a did different, I typed the missing words and put them on the board. and I asked the students to be in two. They had to listen to the music run to the board pick up
word and fix it on their shirt or blouse. The winner was the team which hat more words.
Game 2 -
This is a very relaxation stractegy, you select a song , cut it on strip of papers, divide the class in teams, each team should sit on the floor in a very relaxing way, you play the song and the students have to organize the lyrics. Remember
that you have to play the song more than once.
Game 3 -
I sometimes use songs in my class to play different activities, such as : Talk for one minute - The teacher set the class in teams, gives to team a ball and ask them to pass the ball when the song plays. When the teacher stop the song the student who is with the ball has to speak for one minute.
Game 4 -
This is a very good activity to develop the students speeck, I use to call it "Talk time". How does it work ?
It is very simple you ask the students to stand up, play a song and they have to walk aroung. When the song stops the students has talk with that classmate that he or she stopped in front of. They can talk about anything they want.
Game 5 -
If your class is big you can play a verse game. It means you give to each student a verse of a song. Mix them up play the song and ask them to organize themselves according to the song.
Different ideas for music that could be tried for different lessons: something the students normally listen to, While listening, students can write about the music itself, or you can give them a specific idea to start with, e.g. write about being home alone during a thunderstorm while a thunderstorm CD is playing. or maybe Eniye songs are playing
An alternative is to give students a regular writing assignment, but play the music to create a different atmosphere for writing.What works for one person may not work for someone else, so while opera may relax you, it may set a student's This is a perfect opportunity to also introduce different kinds of music to your students. In many cases, they will be unaware that some kinds of music even exist.
Use soft background music while students are sharing their stories with the rest of the class.
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