Monday 20 November 2017

listening to song lyrics will help your pronunciation

From another English learning blog:

Train yourself to hear song lyrics

Listening to songs is a great way to learn a language. It's easy to listen to a song many times, especially if it's one that you enjoy and this can really help with your listening and pronunciation.
This activity is based around the Lyrics Training website. The site helps you to listen to and understand songs.

Task:

Go to: http://www.lyricstraining.com here you can search for a song that you like or select on from the home page. Once you click on a song it will start to play, you can then select your level.
  • You then see some of the words of the song with some gaps. The song will stop so that you can write in the missing words.
  • You can also select your own language so that you can see a translation of the lyrics in your own language.
  • Click on 'Help' to see all the instructions.

I hope you find this useful. Here you can find more song based EFL / ESL activities.

Related links for teachers:

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Nik Peachey


Nik's Daily English Activities: Train yourself to hear song lyrics

For example:
Pharrell Williams - Happy | Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke
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Monday 13 November 2017

poetry as diagram

This poet is doing very interesting things:
Jay Doubleyou: refugees: a poem

Here's another:




At the Intersection | Brian Bilston's Poetry Laboetry
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refugees: a poem

Here's an interesting way to write:


REFUGEES


They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and scroungers
Layabouts and loungers
With bombs up their sleeves
Cut-throats and thieves
They are not
Welcome here
We should make them
Go back to where they came from
They cannot
Share our food
Share our homes
Share our countries
Instead let us
Build a wall to keep them out
It is not okay to say
These are people just like us
A place should only belong to those who are born there
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way

(now read from bottom to top)
Refugees | Brian Bilston's Poetry Laboetry

In a rap version:



Refugees: a poem by Brian Bilston, rap by Fluency MC - YouTube

With more from the poet:
refugees | Brian Bilston's Poetry Laboetry
Brian Bilston's 'Refugee' Poem Moves Thousands With Brilliant Hidden Message
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