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Month: February 2021

Teaching With Songs: Musical Grammar Pieces!

February 27, 2021 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Lesson at a Glance: Musical Grammar Pieces! The Experience: Students act as “grammar editors” in this competitive, fast-paced activity. After identifying intentional errors in song

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Teaching With Songs: Bon Jovi – Story Of Love [a song-based lesson plan for ELT]

February 20, 2021 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Lesson at a Glance: Story Of Love – Bon Jovi The Experience: Students explore the complex relationship between parents and children. They build advanced vocabulary

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Basic Listening Practice With Songs! [Teaching With Songs A1]

February 13, 2021 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Lesson at a Glance: Basic Listening Practice (A1) The Experience: Designed for absolute beginners, this lesson uses five contemporary song extracts to build listening confidence.

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FIND SONG ACTIVITIES BY CEFR LEVEL OR SINGER!

February 9, 2021 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Now it’s easier for you to find a song activity in the huge archives of the Song Activity Factory!

Just click a Category below and find all the song Activities for that CEFR LEVEL that are available until now! Enjoy! 🙂

OBS: you can also find this menu either on the right side of the page if you’re using a computer, or at the bottom of the page if you’re using a mobile phone!

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The Weeknd – Save Your Tears Lesson Plan [Teaching With Songs B1]

February 6, 2021 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Lesson at a Glance: Save Your Tears – The Weeknd The Experience: Students analyze lyrical themes of vulnerability and heartbreak through a collaborative role-play activity.

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Loved this site. I have already implemented some of the lesson plans in my classes and it’s so great how students respond to more dynamic

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“Months ago I discovered Song Activity Factory: I was very impressed. In fact it offers lesson plans based on trendy songs AND it features great

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― Ambra Arduini

I just wanted to say thank you to Márcia, her website Song Activity Factory has helped me in so many ways. I started teaching online

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Song Activity Factory is the perfect way to make your students get the language “Under their skin” (any coincidence with the song is only a

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Song Activity Factory is for sure one of the greatest websites available to help ESL teachers in the new journey of online teaching. It takes

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Dear Márcia,  You are un(and I really have to use the F word here!)believable!  I requested this song about 3-4 days ago and in this short

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Marcia, I don’t know if I’ve ever told you how much I love your activities! Every time I open my email and find a different

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I always use Song Activity Factory and I’ve had such great experiences with my students. It’s possible to work with different skills of language, making

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Song Activity Factory has been a fantastic addition to my ESL classroom. My students specifically requested to use it, and it turned out to be

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