Know the News Home | Login/Register RSS / Podcasts Close Home > Get Involved > For Educators > Know the News > Remix the News News Challenge Remixer Menu Watch and Rate 3 Tools To Write Your Own Sheet Music Online - Flock When you’ve been playing an instrument long enough, there comes a time when you will want to compose a theme of your own. Be it a personal twist on Flight of the Bumblebee, a groovy adaptation of Mary Had a Little Lamb, or just that soundbite that’s been in your head for the past twenty years. After jamming, we reach the theoretical side of this coin: jotting it down. Have you got a piece of paper ready? The following online tools are ranked according to difficulty – and that doesn’t just mean the interface, but also what you can achieve with them. Printing – BlankSheetMusic So you really like the idea of pen and paper, do you? With BlankSheetMusic, you can print the right kind of sheets – piano, or guitar – but that’s pretty much all there is. Drag ‘n Drop – SheetMusicEditor SheetMusicEditor is one step up in musical notation tools. Of course, because you have to manually drag everything into the right place, with no ‘magnet’ mechanism, your sheets won’t have that top-notch look.
Interactive lyrics and subtitles to english songs Zoom.it British Life and Culture in the UK ESL Lounge: Songs for English Teaching. Free song lyrics. using songs in the esl classroom It's great to use songs in the class, if only to do something a little different. But beyond using them solely to give your students some 'light relief', there are many other ways songs can be used in ESL classrooms to consolidate what students have already learnt. Have a song to request? if you know what you're looking for Quick Jump to: We also have a separate section for children's songs. Here are some ideas for the use of songs in the ESL class: Filling in the blanks Songs are often used in this way in the ESL classroom. Listening Comprehension Instead of doing your usual listening comprehension out of the course books, do a song instead. Phonetics You can use a song with a clear rhyme pattern to do some phonetics work on particular phonemes. Strips of Paper The lyrics you will find on this site can be cut up into strips which then need to be reconstructed as the song unfolds. Vocabulary Some songs lend themselves well to vocabulary work. requests
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Worksheets « Tune Into English Help Tune Into English grow! Many of the worksheets below have been written by your colleagues – if you have prepared a worksheet and want to share it with other users of this site, please send it to us. Thank you. You can listen to the song, or watch the video (on youtube). Versions of many of these videos are also on the karaoke page. Search:enter key word, grammar stucture etc. Please note that most song lyrics are ©copyrighted by their songwriters; these files, therefore, should only be used for classroom demonstration or academic purposes and according to the policies set by your educational institution. “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Music Worksheets for native English speakers Also suitable for higher level language learnersRock & Roll Library – New York Times – American Masters – The Blues
cooltoolsforschools - home ESL Song Lessons - tefltunes.com - Songs For Teaching Grammar ESL and EFL teachers looking for inspiration for lesson planning will find this list of songs to teach English grammar we’ve compiled a useful resource. Highlighted are songs available as complete ESL song lesson plans here on tefltunes.com. Songs for teaching present simple Eric Clapton / Wonderful Tonight (lyrics) The Beatles / She Loves You (lyrics) Bette Middler / From A Distance (lyrics) Songs for teaching present continuous Rod Stewart / Sailing (lyrics) Fool’s Garden / Lemon Tree (lyrics) Suzanne Vega / Tom’s Diner (lyrics) Songs for teaching past simple The Beatles / Yellow Submarine (lyrics) Gloria Gaynor / I Will Survive (lyrics) Celine Dion / Because You Loved Me (lyrics) Songs for teaching past continuous John Lennon / Jealous Guy (lyrics) Oasis / Champagne Supernova (lyrics) Aerosmith / Cryin’ (lyrics) Songs for teaching present perfect Songs for teaching present perfect continuous Songs for teaching past perfect Songs for teaching used to Songs for teaching going to future
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