Genki English, ESL games, songs and ideas to turn ESL lessons into super lessons. Song/ Music EFL worksheets EFL song PDFs. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Updated 14 October 2019 Related pages Music page – NEW PAGE EFL song worksheets Being Around by the Lemonheads (Second conditional) I Will Survive collocations (good for FCE and CAE) I Will Survive prepositions (ditto) I Will Survive past, present and future review Hand in my Pocket (adjectives) I Can See Clearly Now (determiners) I Can See Clearly Now (word order) Hole in the Bucket by Spearhead (narrative tenses) Yesterday by The Beatles Past and present tenses Common People by Pulp prepositions Xmas song worksheets for EFL learners Rudolph the red nosed reindeer mixed The Christmas Song gaps White Christmas Correct the mistakes Good King Wenceslas storytelling and vocabulary Jingle Bells rhyming words practice Twas the Night Before Xmas correction and discussion While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks storytelling and discussion Once in Royal David’s City rhyming words Little Donkey rhyming words Away in a Manger mixed up text
How to use songs in the English language classroom What makes for a successful song-based lesson? Adam Simpson, second-time winner of the British Council’s Teaching English blog award for his post on conditionals (written with Paul Mains), explains. One of the big problems we all face, whether teaching English to children or adults, is maintaining learners’ interest throughout our lessons. Planning for the use of songs in class The process of selecting a song is one of the most difficult aspects of using music in a lesson. Carefully examine what it is you want your class to learn in the lesson Is this going to be a lesson focusing on vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, or a particular topic? Think about the language level of your class The language level of your class will determine not only which songs you can use, but also what other activities – such as games or written exercises – you will use to develop the lesson. How old are your learners? Are there any specific cultural issues regarding the make-up of your class? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.