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5 creative song-based activities for ESL teachers, featuring quotes, images, team challenges, movement, and pair work. Includes YouTube channel and Twitter links.

5 Powerful Song-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Participation in English Classes

September 1, 2019 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Engage students with 5 creative song-based activities that develop language and 21st-century skills like collaboration and critical thinking. Perfect for busy English teachers, these innovative ideas save time, energize classrooms, and go beyond gap-filling exercises to make learning with music fun and effective for teens and adults.

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Lewis Capaldi's "Hold Me While You Wait" lesson plan for ESL teachers, featuring YouTube video, worksheets

Teaching with Songs: Lewis Capaldi [a Lesson Plan for English Language Teaching]

August 29, 2019 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Discover an engaging song-based lesson plan using Lewis Capaldi’s “Hold Me While You Wait” to teach English! Perfect for B1+ and B2 level students, this activity boosts speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills. Learn how to incorporate music into your ESL classroom with step-by-step instructions and downloadable materials.

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Writing Emails With A Song As Inspiration: An Activity Idea For Cambridge English: [First]

May 26, 2019 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Most English language teaching professionals feel that English songs have a fitting place in the ESL/EFL classroom. However, trying to find a ready-made song activity

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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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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 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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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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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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