Purpose:
LyricsTraining can be described as the fusion of language learning and karaoke. This website provides a wide selection of free subtitled music videos.
LyricsTraining can be described as the fusion of language learning and karaoke. This website provides a wide selection of free subtitled music videos.
Relevance:
Music has always been incorporated into language learning in some or fashion. This site is excellent because it not only allows the students to challenge his/her pronunciation skills but it is also a fun way to memorize idiomatic expressions.
Music has always been incorporated into language learning in some or fashion. This site is excellent because it not only allows the students to challenge his/her pronunciation skills but it is also a fun way to memorize idiomatic expressions.
Tip:
This website can really be exploited for listening activities. For example, to develop students’ listening skills, songs can be printed and distributed with missing lyrics. Students can then, either individually or in groups, listen to the song and try to fill in the missing words.
This website can really be exploited for listening activities. For example, to develop students’ listening skills, songs can be printed and distributed with missing lyrics. Students can then, either individually or in groups, listen to the song and try to fill in the missing words.
It can also be a creative way to
introduce grammar points. You can try choosing a well-known song that contains
a particular grammatical structure or tense. That song can be sung at the
beginning of the lesson and then students can be asked to identify examples of
the particular structure or tense. The grammar lesson can then be continued
according to your regular teaching style.
Limitations:
The site is not designed to offer ideas about how you can use songs in your teaching; that depends entirely on your own creativity.
The site is not designed to offer ideas about how you can use songs in your teaching; that depends entirely on your own creativity.
