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● Lyrics Training
What is it about?
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
● Have students work in group, and play the song first.
● Encourage them to listen carefully and hum the melody
● Remind them of noticing some linking sounds
● Have students guess the meaning from the video and the lyrice they hear
● Then have them to start to listen and write in group
● Encourage students to imitate the pronunciation and sing the song
● Lyrics Training
● Learn English (or other foreign language) through the music and lyrics of the songs
● It helps you with listening and pronunciation.
● Search for the song you'd like to learn and start to play
● You can listen to a song many times.
● You can listen to a song many times.
● Select your level
● Listen and write in the missing words
● The song won't start until write in the missing words.
● The song won't start until write in the missing words.
● You could click on "help" to see the instructions.
Why is the content good for language learning?
● Music and songs help learning language effectively
● Can be familiar with the pop culture of the target country
● Authentic English/World Englishes
● Learning with sounds and video makes it interesting and deepens the impression.
● Interactive, challenging, and motivating
● The repeating function enhances listening, pronunciation and memory.
● Foster autonomous learning if students are willing to try it at home.
● Learning with sounds and video makes it interesting and deepens the impression.
● Interactive, challenging, and motivating
● The repeating function enhances listening, pronunciation and memory.
● Foster autonomous learning if students are willing to try it at home.
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
● Have students work in group, and play the song first.
● Encourage them to listen carefully and hum the melody
● Remind them of noticing some linking sounds
● Have students guess the meaning from the video and the lyrice they hear
● Then have them to start to listen and write in group
● Encourage students to imitate the pronunciation and sing the song
● Have them write down or look up the words they are unfamiliar on the dictionary
● After they finish the activity, introduce related sentence patterns or vocabulary
● Students' performance (singing the song) could be an assessment.
● Encourage students to sign in and practice their favorite songs.
● Students' performance (singing the song) could be an assessment.
● Encourage students to sign in and practice their favorite songs.
Limitations~
● Might take time to finish the whole activity
● Teachers have to select appropriate songs beforehand.
● The levels of the songs are variable. And some pronunciation is hard to figure out.
● Need computers and sufficient broadband Internet.
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Example~
Beatles: Yesterday
● Lyrics Training Instruction- "Yesterday" by Beatles Beatles: Yesterday
● Select the Mode. Here we choose Beginner: Fill in the blanks
● Start to fill in the blanks.
● See your score or check the high scores
● Check out the "Help" key. The three keys you use the most often are:
Backspace → Replay line
Tab → Skip word
Enter → Play/Pause
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