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2.  Music is the universal
language of mankind.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3.  “Without music, life would be a
mistake.” –
 Fredrich Nietzsche

5.  improves concentration
 improves memory
 brings a sense of community to a group
 motivates learning
 relaxes people who are overwhelmed or
stressed
 makes learning fun
 helps people absorb material

6.  Music is played while students work in groups
discussing, planning or doing language
exercises. I choose instrumental music or
songs sung in a language that the students
do not know, so that they aren’t distracted by
the words.

7.  Ask the students to close their eyes and
relax, listening to the music
 Ask them to ‘see’ a place in the countryside
slowly giving the following prompts: Which
country is it? Are there mountains, lakes? Are
there trees? Flowers? Buildings? People? How
does this place make you feel? Etc for at least
5 – 10 minutes, allowing them to completely
‘enter’ that place

8.  Play a piece of music and students write down
any words that come into their heads and
explain this to the group afterwards. Students
draw as they listen and afterwards explain
their picture.

9.  Using pop songs in the classroom is a
common activity. They are an enjoyable
alternative to the traditional listening
comprehension.
 Choose songs that are clear, make sense and
do not contain a lot of unknown vocabulary.
 You may decide to pre-teach some key
vocabulary.
 When choosing a song, think about the level
of your students.

10.  Gap fills
 Jumbled lines
 Spot the mistakes
 Translation activity
 Discussion
 Presentation - a talk, a role play, interview,
sketch….

11.  Extra words in the song
 Expand the song
 Brainstorming (make up a story with the key words
from a song)
 Song review

12.  The right song can be a powerful way to
teach a grammar point and for students to
learn grammar in a fun, creative, useful way.

14.  Siblings – brother or sister
 Spouse – one’s husband or wife
 Floss – fine silky material, to clean with it
(teeth)
 Reckless – careless
 Blindside – to attack critically when a person
is vulnerable, or uninformed
 Berate- scold, rebuke
 Funky chicken – dance

15.  Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear
Sunscreen.mp4

16.  1. faded
 2. fabulous
 3. equation, bubblegum
 4. blindside, idle
 5. reckless, put up with, reckless
 6. jealousy, race
 7. insults, succeed
 8. plenty of

17.  9. divorce, anniversary
 10. congratulate, berate,
 11. siblings
 12. precious
 13. elders
 14. support, spouse
 15. supply

19.  Onestopenglish – Songs and music with
secondary students
 Music and Learning by Chris Brewer, 1995.
 www.englishclub.com
 EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
 Making the Case for Music as an Educational
Tool Jerrilyn Stover, M.A.
 Implementing Music in the Classroom-Eric
Jensen
 Busyteacher.org
 www.eslprintables.com

20.  Thank you very much for your attention!