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Taylor Swift and Post Malone performing 'Fortnight' - ESL song analysis.

ESL Song Analysis: Why Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ feat Post Malone Is Great

May 22, 2024 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Discover how Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ featuring Post Malone can revolutionize your ESL lessons. Dive into the lyrics, explore themes, and learn how to foster 21st-century skills in your students with this engaging song-based lesson plan by the Song Activity Factory

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ESL Song Analysis: Why Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Is Great

January 24, 2024 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Discover innovative ESL teaching strategies with Song Activity Factory’s latest blog post, “ESL Song Analysis with Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things'”. Unearth the power of music in the classroom to boost language skills and engage students!

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ESL Song Analysis: Why Billie Eilish’s ‘What Was I Made For?” Is Great

July 21, 2023 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Explore the untapped potential of music in the ESL classroom with Billie Eilish’s ‘What Was I Made For?’. This guide will show you how to transform this hit song into an innovative teaching tool, enhancing English learning, critical thinking, and essential 21st-century skills. Perfect for educators seeking creative and engaging methods.

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Group of students dressed in green, singing and having fun during the Saint Patrick's Day Green Song Relay in the English language classroom.

Saint Patrick’s Day Fun for Your ELT Classroom: The Green Song Relay

March 13, 2023 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Bring Saint Patrick’s Day cheer to your ELT classroom with the Green Song Relay! This 15-30 minute activity combines singing, vocabulary practice, and teamwork, creating an engaging and festive learning experience for all English proficiency levels.

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    ESL Song Analysis: Why Alex Warren's "Ordinary" is Great
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    Best 2024 Songs For ESL Students & How To Use Them To Teach English
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    Teaching with songs: USED TO in Songs (2020 - 2000) A fun activity with music videos for ELT
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    Miley Cyrus - Flowers: Listening Song Activity For English Language Teaching
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    Practicing The Simple Future With Songs: OneRepublic - Better Days
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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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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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