Description: This song-based activity lesson plan for English language teaching features the song Sing it with me by JP Cooper/ Astrid S and its official music video. Students talk about photos and create characters and life backgrounds, write and compare short narratives, watch a music video, do a listening exercise with the lyrics, and write a story. Language level: B2 and above Learner type: All ages Skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing Topic: Character, feelings, life stories Language: Vocabulary to describe appearance, character, feelings, and narrative tenses Materials: Youtube video, worksheet, photos, and mp3 file Duration: 1 hour - 1h 30 min Downloadable materials: instructions; Listening worksheet; Photos; song mp3
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Mother’s Day Flashback: Losing My Religion
Description: This song-based activity lesson plan for English language teaching features “Losing My Religion” by REM, and its official music video. Students review ways of expressing opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, talk about the meaning of the song, read and discuss people’s opinions about it, watch the music video, and talk about its connection with the lyrics Language level: intermediate (B1+) and above Learner type: All ages Skills: speaking (Cambridge English First Exam - FCE preparation), and reading. Topic: song meaning and sharing opinions in Cambridge exams Language: Vocabulary related to opinions, agreeing, disagreeing, and interaction Materials: Youtube video, worksheets, and mp3 file Duration: 1 hour - 1h 30min Downloadable materials: instructions; Lyrics worksheet+ opinions; song mp3
Broken & Beautiful – Kelly Clarkson
Description: This song-based activity lesson plan for English language teaching features the song Broken & Beautiful by Kelly Clarkson and the official music video. Students talk about movies, do a crosswords exercise with words from the lyrics, listen to the song and do a gap-fill listening exercise with the words found in the crosswords Language level: Basic (A2) and above Learner type: All ages Skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing Topic: Movies Language: Vocabulary related to movies, expressing opinions Materials: Youtube video, worksheets pdf, and mp3 file Duration: 1 hour Downloadable materials: instructions; worksheet; song mp3
Better Man – Westlife
Description:
This short and fun song-based activity for English language teaching features the song “Better Man” by Westlife. Students talk about Music, work in small groups, listen to the song and order a set of words according to the order they are sung. As an optional extension (part 3), students watch the music video and do a speaking exercise.
Language level: Basic (A2) and above Learner type: All ages Skills: Listening, group interaction, collaboration, teamwork Topic: Music, simple vocabulary Language: group interaction Materials: cut-out worksheet pdf, and mp3 file (youtube video - optional) Duration: 20 - 30 min (without part 3) Downloadable materials: instructions; cut out worksheet; song mp3
Shallow – Lady Gaga (Oscar Awards 2019)
Description:
This is a video and song-based activity for English language teaching featuring Lady Gaga’s Acceptance Speech for Best Original Song at the 2019 Oscar Awards, and also her performance of the winning song “Shallow”, by Bradley Cooper and Gaga herself, in which students talk about winning; find common ideas connecting those quotes about winning and the message in Gaga’s speech; watch the video and do a listening exercise, and finally, read the lyrics and find mistakes in verb forms.
Language level: Pre-Intermediate (B1) and above
Learner type: All ages
Skills: speaking, reading & listening
Topic: Winning
Language: Vocabulary related to winning, expressions to agree, disagree and express opinions
Materials: Acceptance Speech video.mp4 , Acceptance Speech Worksheet, Shallow worksheet, and Shallow performance youtube video
Duration: 1h – 1h 30 min
Downloadable materials: instructions; Acceptance Speech video.mp4 , Acceptance Speech Worksheet, Shallow worksheet
No Matter What – Calum Scott
Description: This song-based activity lesson plan for English language teaching features the song No Matter What by Calum Scott and the official music video. Students talk about parent and children relationships, review irregular verbs and the Simple Past tense, watch an edited video, Write a narrative based on the video, listen to the song and do a listening exercise with the lyrics Language level: Pre-Intermediate (B1) and above Learner type: All ages Skills: speaking, writing & listening Topic: relationships Language: Vocabulary related to family relationships, expressions to agree, disagree and express opinions Materials: A vimeo edited video, youtube link for the official video, song mp3 file and song activity Worksheet Duration: 1 hour Downloadable materials: instructions; song mp3; song worksheet
Big Love – The Black Eyed Peas
Description:
This song-based activity lesson plan for English language teaching features the song Big Love (The Black Eyed Peas) and it does NOT make use of the official music video (some scenes it portrays may be shocking for most students, however, if you consider it suitable for any specific class you have, use it at your own discretion.)
In the activity, students talk about bullying, gun control, smartphones, and war, read and share opinions about those topics, listen to the song, do listening exercises with a worksheet and the lyrics, scan QR codes, read and write a text for homework,
Language level: intermediate (B2) and above
Learner type: All ages
Skills: speaking, listening, reading & writing
Topic: current controversial issues
Language: Vocabulary related to bullying, guns, smartphones, and war, expressions to agree, disagree and express opinions
Materials: cut out opinion + topic sheet + song activity Worksheet pdf – smartphones or other digital devices (tablet, laptop, etc) with a QR code reader app installed. Internet connection, wifi available for part 3.
Duration: 1 hour (or 1h and 30 min if you have time to do step 9 in class + HW)
Downloadable materials: Big Love- instructions; cut-out opinion/issue sheet; song worksheet; song audio mp3
