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Category: Narrative Tenses

ESL lesson plan featuring NotebookLM and song analysis for B2 level

How to Tech-Enhance an ESL Lesson Plan With NotebookLM + Meaningful Songs

September 17, 2024 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Discover how to create an engaging, tech-enhanced ESL lesson for B2 level learners using NotebookLM and Tones and I’s song ‘Wonderful’. This innovative plan combines AI technology, music analysis, and a Cambridge B2 First Listening Part 4 exercise. Boost language skills, critical thinking, and exam preparation with this cutting-edge approach to ESL teaching.

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B1 ESL lesson plan using music videos, narratives, and songs by Halsey, The Big Moon, and Ed Sheeran

Creative ESL Teaching: Connecting Videos, Narratives, and Songs for B1+ Learners

October 7, 2019 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Transform your B1+ ESL classroom with this dynamic lesson plan. Students match videos to songs, craft narratives, and analyze lyrics from popular artists. Boost creativity and language skills through music and visual storytelling.

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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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― Adri Drueba

“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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― Anita Massa

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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― Chris Pontiroli

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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― Diego Fracari

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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― Elize Marais

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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― Giselle da Silva

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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― Leandro Thomazini

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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― Lucas Peres Fonseca

SAF was a life saver with the lesson plan for Rain on me – soon after all classes had moved online and running out of

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