This document provides instructions and content for a music listening activity. It includes a list of music styles and descriptive adjectives for students to learn. Students will then listen to music extracts and identify the style and describing words for each. They will also complete a table with favorite styles of three musicians. Finally, students will share their own favorite styles and musicians, listen to and identify lyrics in songs, and write a review of a new music CD.

1. GET READY
A. Look at the keywords! Listen how to say the words and repeat!
Styles: classical, dance, heavy metal, hip hop, jazz, pop, punk, rap, rock, rock
Adjectives: aggressive, catchy, fast, happy, jazzy, loud, monotonous, repetitive, sad, slow, romantic
B. ©Listen to six extracts. Identify the style of music and choose adjectives to describe it! (T. 1)
Example : 1. Pop music – catchy and ………………...
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C. ©Listen to three people (1 to 3). Complete the table with styles from the keywords and these musicians
and singers! (T. 2)
1.Beethoven 2. Beyonce 3. Coldplay 4. Eminem 5 Arctic Monkeys
6. Green Day 7. Robbie Wiliams 8. Sugababes 9. Snoop Dogg 10. Kaiser Chiefs
No. Favourite styles Doesn’t like Favourite singers /Musicians
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D. What about you? What’s your favourite style of music? Who are your favourite singers/musicians?
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2. PRACTICE
1. ©Listen to two versions of a song! (T. 3)
Which version do you like best (the first or the second version)? Why?
2. ©Listen again and complete the gaps (1 to 9)! (T. 4)
I’m a Believer
I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for __________ (1)
Love was out to get to me.
That’s the way it _________(2)
Disappointment haunted all my ____________(3)
And then I saw her _______________(4)
Now I’m a Believer.
Not a trace of doubt in my _________(5)
I’m in love, I’m a believer.
I couldn’t ___________(6) if I tried.
I thought love was more or less a given thing.
Seems the more I __________(7), the less I got.
What’s the use in trying?
All you get is ___________(8)
When I wanted sunshine, I got ___________(9)
And then I saw her…
3. What do you think the song means?
To Remember:
quot;I'm a Believerquot; is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by the band The Monkees in 1966 with the lead
vocals by Micky Dolenz. The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
chart on December 31, 1966 and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the biggest-selling record for all of 1967,
and one of the biggest of all time. Because of advance orders, over 1,051,280, it went gold within two days of release.
The song is listed at #48 on Billboard's All Time Top 100
4. Open Students book page 119! Listen to the song ‘Just a Ride’ and complete the gaps!
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3. PRODUCTION
MUSIC REVIEW
Choose a new CD that you have listened to or bought recently. Write a review of it for the other students
in the class.
1. Write notes to complete the table.
CD REVIEW
Background:
Name of group/singer:
Style of music:
People in group/instruments:
Previous CDs:
Why you like/dislike the group:
Good things:
Favourite song(s) on this CD:
What you liked about it:
Adjectives to describe the music:
The lyrics:
Bad things:
Least favourite song(s):
What you didn't like about it:
Adjectives to describe it:
The lyrics:
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4. Recommendations:
Changes from previous CDs:
Conclusions:
It's worth/not worth buying.
2. Use your notes to write a short draft of CD review. Look at the ‘film review’ on page 62 as the
example to write the CD review.
Use these linking words:
addition: plus/also/as well
contrast: however/although/but
examples: like/such as/for example
3. Ask your partner to check it for mistakes.
4. Put your reviews on the wall or pass them round the class.
5. Do you agree with the other students' CD reviews? Vote on the best recent CD.
6. tell the class their opinions about the reviews.
Example:
I agreed with the review about Robbie William's latest CD. I liked the variety of songs but I
didn 't like... I didn 't agree with the review of Beyoncé 's latest CD. I thought it was really
great!
7. vote on the best new CD and count the votes on the board.
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