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Lady Gaga holding her Oscar for 'Shallow' at the 2019 Academy Awards, featured in an ESL activity for B1 learners.

Lady Gaga’s ‘Shallow’: A Top Oscar-Winning ESL Lesson for B1+ Students

February 28, 2019 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Explore victory and triumph with ‘Shallow’ by Lady Gaga in this English language teaching activity. Featuring her Oscar Awards Acceptance Speech and ‘Shallow’ performance, students connect ideas, discuss, practice listening, and spot verb form mistakes in lyrics. Suitable for Pre-Intermediate (B1) learners and beyond, it’s a celebration of achievement

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Five meerkats standing alert with “Watch & Catch” title — visual for ESL video-based classroom activity.

Watch & Catch: An Interactive Music Video ESL Activity for A2+ Learners

November 4, 2018 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Watch & Catch’ turns popular music videos into an exciting ESL game. This point-based activity challenges A2+ students to spot visual elements and catch specific words, boosting their listening and observation skills. Get ready to energize your classroom with this versatile, easy-to-implement exercise that covers various language topics.

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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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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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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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