Songs are great tools to use in the classroom. Everyone likes listening to music and the right song can not only be fun for the students (and teacher) but also be used in an effective way to teach.
Popular song lyrics are often very simple and mostly in the first person. They use rhyme which can help in remembering and the language is often conversational.
Popular song lyrics are often very simple and mostly in the first person. They use rhyme which can help in remembering and the language is often conversational.
Choosing a Song
A couple of things to bear in mind here. Songs are very generational and music which you as a teacher may think is classic and cool is likely to induce groans from your students, especially if they are teenagers. There are ways round this though: select music which is either "classic" (which isn't always so easy) or get your students to give you the names of artists they like. It's easy enough to get hold of music which your students like and which is suitable for the class. You can get a list of popular songs in one lesson and use one or two several weeks later and surprise the class.
Song Activities
Here are a few ideas on how you can use songs in the class.
A couple of things to bear in mind here. Songs are very generational and music which you as a teacher may think is classic and cool is likely to induce groans from your students, especially if they are teenagers. There are ways round this though: select music which is either "classic" (which isn't always so easy) or get your students to give you the names of artists they like. It's easy enough to get hold of music which your students like and which is suitable for the class. You can get a list of popular songs in one lesson and use one or two several weeks later and surprise the class.
Song Activities
Here are a few ideas on how you can use songs in the class.
Missing Words
Essentially this is a gap fill exercise. Print out the lyric sheet of a song but with gaps where some words should go. Hand out the sheet to the students and have them (in groups) try to work out what words would fit in well in that space. Sometimes it's obvious:
Essentially this is a gap fill exercise. Print out the lyric sheet of a song but with gaps where some words should go. Hand out the sheet to the students and have them (in groups) try to work out what words would fit in well in that space. Sometimes it's obvious:
When we moved apart
You broke my .....
You broke my .....
But sometimes it's not:
When we ...... apart
You broke my heart.
You broke my heart.
Once this has been done you can compare what different groups have put together. Which words work (i.e. they have the right number of syllables and scan well) and which words don't.
Then you give the students a new copy of the lyric sheet with the missing words. This time they listen to the song (a couple of times if that's enough) and complete the missing words.
Afterwards it's good to compare the students' version with the artist's version. It's often the case that the lyrics the students have chosen can make the song sound better and there's plenty of scope for discussion on the way in which the meaning has changed.
Then you give the students a new copy of the lyric sheet with the missing words. This time they listen to the song (a couple of times if that's enough) and complete the missing words.
Afterwards it's good to compare the students' version with the artist's version. It's often the case that the lyrics the students have chosen can make the song sound better and there's plenty of scope for discussion on the way in which the meaning has changed.
Lyric Strips
Print out the lyrics with wide gaps between each line then cut the lyrics into strips with one line per strip. Jumble up the strips. With the students in groups, hand out bundles of lyric strips and have the students reassemble the song and tape them together.
Go through the different versions in the class and then compare it to the original.
Print out the lyrics with wide gaps between each line then cut the lyrics into strips with one line per strip. Jumble up the strips. With the students in groups, hand out bundles of lyric strips and have the students reassemble the song and tape them together.
Go through the different versions in the class and then compare it to the original.
Song Writing
Present the students with the first verse and chorus of the song. Work with them to establish the number of syllables and the structure of the verse and then have them (in groups) write two or three more verses.
Present the students with the first verse and chorus of the song. Work with them to establish the number of syllables and the structure of the verse and then have them (in groups) write two or three more verses.
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