METHODOLOGY
 IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
DIFFERENT METHODS TO TEACH SONGS BUT THE
MOST IMPORTANT IS IMPROVE ACTIVITIES
RELATED WITH LISTENING; IN WHICH THESE
STEPS SHOULD BE FOLLOW:
 ALSO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE SONG
(WHICH KIND OF SOME SHOULD BE TAUGHT).
HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR CHOOSING A SONG.
 PRE LISTENING
 WHILE LISTENING
 POST LISTENING
ANOTHER TIPS FOR CHOOSING A
SONG
 . THINK OF THE LEVEL OF
DIFFICULTY.
. THE RECORDING SHOULD
ALSO BE A GOOD ONE.
. TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
STUDENTS LIKES.
PRE LISTENING ACTIVITIES
 . THE BUILD- UP TO THE LISTENING IS REALLY THE
MOST IMPORTANT STAGE, THAT´S MEAN THE PRE-
LISTENING ACTIVITIES.
 . PRE- TEACH VOCABULARY USING DIFFERENT
TECHNIQUES. AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU ARE
GOING TO USE IT THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES
APPLIED DURING THE WHILE AND POS- LISTENING
STAGES.
 . ANALYZE THE TITLE OF THE LYRICS THROUGH A
BRAINSTORM IN ORDER TO GET IDEAS ABOUT THE
SONG THEY ARE GOING TO LISTEN.
 . TALK ABOUT THE SINGER COULD BE A GOOD
ACTIVITY FOR INTRODUCING THE SONG.
WHILE LISTENING
THESE ARE SOME IDEAS YOU CAN APPLY
IN YOUR CLASSES,
 . YOU COULD PROVIDE THE LYRIC OF THE SONG BUT
INCLUDE IN IT SOME INFORMATION THAT IS WRONG, WHICH
HAVE TO BE CORRECTED OR MULTIPLE- CHOISE TYPE
ANSWERS.
 . FILL- IN- THE BLANKS, DON´T FORGET TO USE THE PRE.
TEACHING VOCABULARY AS MISSING WORD. example
 . JIGSAW READING , TO CONFIRM WHILE THE STUDENTS ARE
READING.
 . USE SONGS FOR DICTIONARY WORDS.
 . TRUE OR FALSE INFORMATION
 . ORDERING THE WORDS WHEN THEY ARE APPEARED.
POST LISTENING ACTIVITIES
. THERE IS A LIST OF SUGGESTION YOU CAN USE FOR-
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES FOR SONG:
. PLANNING A VIDEO FOR IT.
. WRITING A LETTER OR A PHONE MESSAGES FROM
OR TO ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE SONG.
. WRITING A DIARY ENTRY.
. GIVE SOME ADVISES TO ONE OF THE CHARACTER
OF THE SONG (WRITER OR LISTENER)
. MAKE A SHORT DIALOGUE RELATED TO THE SONG.
 Broke my ________
 On the road
 Spent the _______
 Sewing the pieces back
on

 Friends and thoughts
pass me by
 Walking gets too _______
 When you learn how to
fly
 Not the homecoming
____
 Take the top off
 And who knows what you
might _______
 Won't confess all my
____
 You can bet I'll try it
 But you can't always win
 cause I´m a gypsy, are
you coming with me…
 I might steal your
______and wear them if
they fit me.
 Just like a ________
 Never made
agreetments
 And I want back down
cause life already bit
me.
JENNY PATRICIA
BARRIOS CARREÑO
CLARITZA ANDRADE
CASTAÑEDA

How to teach english through songs

  • 2.
    METHODOLOGY  IT ISIMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENT METHODS TO TEACH SONGS BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT IS IMPROVE ACTIVITIES RELATED WITH LISTENING; IN WHICH THESE STEPS SHOULD BE FOLLOW:  ALSO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE SONG (WHICH KIND OF SOME SHOULD BE TAUGHT). HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR CHOOSING A SONG.  PRE LISTENING  WHILE LISTENING  POST LISTENING
  • 4.
    ANOTHER TIPS FORCHOOSING A SONG  . THINK OF THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY. . THE RECORDING SHOULD ALSO BE A GOOD ONE. . TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STUDENTS LIKES.
  • 5.
    PRE LISTENING ACTIVITIES . THE BUILD- UP TO THE LISTENING IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT STAGE, THAT´S MEAN THE PRE- LISTENING ACTIVITIES.  . PRE- TEACH VOCABULARY USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES. AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES APPLIED DURING THE WHILE AND POS- LISTENING STAGES.  . ANALYZE THE TITLE OF THE LYRICS THROUGH A BRAINSTORM IN ORDER TO GET IDEAS ABOUT THE SONG THEY ARE GOING TO LISTEN.  . TALK ABOUT THE SINGER COULD BE A GOOD ACTIVITY FOR INTRODUCING THE SONG.
  • 6.
    WHILE LISTENING THESE ARESOME IDEAS YOU CAN APPLY IN YOUR CLASSES,  . YOU COULD PROVIDE THE LYRIC OF THE SONG BUT INCLUDE IN IT SOME INFORMATION THAT IS WRONG, WHICH HAVE TO BE CORRECTED OR MULTIPLE- CHOISE TYPE ANSWERS.  . FILL- IN- THE BLANKS, DON´T FORGET TO USE THE PRE. TEACHING VOCABULARY AS MISSING WORD. example  . JIGSAW READING , TO CONFIRM WHILE THE STUDENTS ARE READING.  . USE SONGS FOR DICTIONARY WORDS.  . TRUE OR FALSE INFORMATION  . ORDERING THE WORDS WHEN THEY ARE APPEARED.
  • 7.
    POST LISTENING ACTIVITIES .THERE IS A LIST OF SUGGESTION YOU CAN USE FOR- FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES FOR SONG: . PLANNING A VIDEO FOR IT. . WRITING A LETTER OR A PHONE MESSAGES FROM OR TO ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE SONG. . WRITING A DIARY ENTRY. . GIVE SOME ADVISES TO ONE OF THE CHARACTER OF THE SONG (WRITER OR LISTENER) . MAKE A SHORT DIALOGUE RELATED TO THE SONG.
  • 8.
     Broke my________  On the road  Spent the _______  Sewing the pieces back on   Friends and thoughts pass me by  Walking gets too _______  When you learn how to fly  Not the homecoming ____  Take the top off  And who knows what you might _______  Won't confess all my ____  You can bet I'll try it  But you can't always win  cause I´m a gypsy, are you coming with me…  I might steal your ______and wear them if they fit me.  Just like a ________  Never made agreetments  And I want back down cause life already bit me.
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