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Perfect Storm by John Smith
Related to the thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. This being �Storms�. In order to personalise the context relative to students� own. Utilise modern music that students can relate to whilst retaining pedagogical integrity as lyrics include language related to various forms of disaster and whilst also being used as metaphor / allegory for probl...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Tsunami Song Worksheet
Related to thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. In this case �Tsunamis�. In order to personalise the context relative to students� own. Utilising modern music that incorporates language related to various forms of disaster. Simple listening task, preceded by prediction / guessing likely choice from context / rhyme etc. Use YouTube video as sourc...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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Hurricane By Bridgit Mendler
Related to thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. In this case HURRICANES. Intended to encourage students to personalise a somewhat �distant� and remote context relative to their own, by using modern music that includes language related to various forms of disaster. Simple listening task, preceded by prediction / guessing likely choice from context ...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Natural Disasters Earthquake
Related to thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. In order to have students personalise the context relative to their own, attempting to use modern music that �uses� language related to various forms of disaster. Simple listening task, preceded by prediction / guessing likely choice from context / rhyme etc. Use YouTube video as source of audio and ...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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�Valentine�s Heart� by Tanita Tikaram
This is an intriguing �twist� on the usual Valentine�s slop dished out at this time of year. An ambiguous, moody and breathy song whispered by the Queen of Croon Tanita Tikaram. A real �Golden Oldie� with a minimal writing task which allows the learner to really focus on the listening side of things. Predict before listening from contextual clues. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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"The Climb" by Miley Cyrus
Before Miley Cyrus discovered �twerking� she was producing MOR pop for the retainer wearing teen population of the world. Minimal writing involved in this listening task. The song is quite uplifting and had been adopted as an anthem best suited to graduation ceremonies around the English speaking world. Utilise Youtube videos with lyrics to encoura...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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I wish I knew how it would feel to be FREE by Lighthouse Family
Fill in the gaps with words in the box. Check using Youtube �lyrics� video to encourage self-checking. Try it. It�s a very uplifting song. Priginal penned by Nina Simone which is also available on Youtube if you wish to expose your students to some simmering, carribean jazz!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 74
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Phineas and Ferb help with Present Continuous
Are you familiar with the cartoon characters Phineas & Ferb? If yes, great. If not, then your students probably are. Utilse Youtube as a source for the video / song. Have students predict the likely verb either by using contextual clues, rhyming sounds or old fashioned guess work. Students write in the number in the space o lyrics worksheet and the...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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Past Tense holidays questionairre
Have Students �flesh out� the skelton questions. Drill to hone pronunciation. Then have students complete the survey. You may need to assist providing incidental spellings of unanticipated vocabulary.
Skelton questions also apply to present cont for future and indeed going to
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Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 45
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�Everything At Once� by Lenka
A song from Lenka�s 2nd album uses an array of similies. Students ought to be encouraged to �predict� the likely answer before listening. It�s a catchy tune - made all the more popular when Microsoft adopted it to promote Windows 8 and the �Surface� tablet PC.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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