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- Learn English by songs + interactive exercises

For the good times ( jim reeves)
The empty road ( City to City )
I'm the lonely one ( Ilse de Lange)
Breakaway ( Kelly Clarkson)
It might as well rain until September. (Carole King)
(digischool.nl)
- Learn English
Through Song
- with "a catalogue of 16 original grammatically based english
language teaching songs.
They teach English grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation"
Th songs are "MP3 audio downloads and supported by pdf downloadable
worksheets."
(letslets.com)
- What
do you listen to? (British Council)
"We go to Liverpool, the home of The Beatles, to see three emerging
bands tipped for big things.
We take a look at what students are listening to in Stoke on Trent,
birthplace of the megastar Robbie Williams.
We also look at the rise of specialist music within the UK, and introduce
you to the UK s many buskers,
people who earn a living from playing their music on the streets.
All the texts are accompanied by language activities.
- Songs
- Methodology - with Activities for exploiting songs and texts (Ac. Montpellier)
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Song
Activities (english4all.pro.br)
Metallica / Lenny Kravitz / Eminem / Coldplay / Ben Harper / Guns
N' Roses / Janis Joplin / AC/DC ......
-
The
ESL Song Directory - to download (gs.fanshawec.on.ca)
"Need a song that helps teach the present perfect tense? Looking
for a fun listening activity to practise R-L discrimination? Want
a song that discusses chemistry? The ESL Song Directory contains an
indexed listing for more than 400 popular songs appropriate
for teaching in ESL classes of all levels. Each song entry in the
listing, names the artist(s), the album(s) or CDs where the track
can be found and indexed notes about the grammatical structures,
themes and functions the song contains."

- EFL Club
Songs - with interactive activities (eflclub.com)
- You can listen to them!
The Beatles / The Monkeys / Louis Armstrong
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Worksheets
for songs (musicalenglishlessons.org)
Musical English Lessons International "provides
free studying tips & worksheets for teachers & students
of English,
based on commercial songs, the classics, stories, rhyming verse, travel
reports & other current topics."
Beyonce / Black-eyed Peas / Elvis Presley / Eminem / Pink / Pink Floyd
/
Puff Daddy / Queen / Robbie Williams / Rod Stewart .....
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Learn a Song Podcast
"Learn to sing folk songs, campfire songs and group-singing
songs that native English speakers sing."
("A podcast is an MP3 file that can be put on any portable
MP3 player and listened to away from your computer.
You can also listen to a podcast on your computer.")
(manythings.org)
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Sound
Library
Sketches - Textes - Chansons, poèmes - Compréhension
(Ac. Orléans-Tours)
- Jukebox
- Listen and Download (bearzcave.com) Enregistrement
nécessaire

- Chansons
à étudier (Ac. Orléans-Tours) :
Chansons à étudier. Chansons à étudier en autonomie. Chansons à chanter.
Les droits d'auteur. Chansons pour la grammaire. Chansons utilisables
en primaire. Quelques albums. Des idées de chansons.
- Chansons
classées par thème (Ac. Orléans-Tours) :
qui racontent une histoire - sur des personnes - sur des personnages
ayant vécu - sur des lieux - sur les transports - sur les animaux -
sur la météo - sur la drogue - sur la guerre - Chansons écolo - pour
aller voir ailleurs - Chansons absurdes - Textes récités - pour faire
de la grammaire
- New York Philharmonic
Kidzone - (nyphilkids.org)
Musician's Lounge, Composers' Gallery, Instrument Storage Room, Instrument
Laboratory, Conductor/Soloist Dressing Rooms, Newsstand,
Games (quizzes, scavenger hunts), and Composer's Workshop.
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Les
chansons
:
"L'introduction de la chanson dans le cycle central permet-elle d'améliorer
la compréhension et l'expression orales ?"
- mémoire de 34 pages (activitice)
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Using
songs in the esl classroom : suggested activities
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Chansons
pour enfants :
(kididdles.com)
Traditional -
Lullabies -
Songs to teach the alphabet, counting, days of the week, etc.-
Songs to make you laugh -
Songs about stuff that's yummy for the tummy! -
Animals - Nature - Spiritual -
Valentine's Day, Hallowe'en and Christmas songs
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Chansons à écouter sur (British Council) : - Lien modifié
alphabet - animals - books - colours - dinosaurs - fashion - football
- human body - monsters - pets - rainforest - robots
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Songs for teaching

- Using Children's Music to Teach Content Area Subjects :
Family and Everyday Life / Foreign Language / Mathematics / Musical
Instruments and Theory / Reading / Science / Social Studies
- Song sheets
"Sheets to be used with popular children's songs. Sheets include
pictures and words."

-
Songs by Subject
(etni.org.il) :
Animal Songs - Colours and Clothes - Festivals - Greetings & Seasons
- Numbers -
Parts of the Body or Songs for Movement and Dance - Professions -
Transport
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Listen to the Songs and
Fill in the Blanks - with RealAudio (manythings.org)
:
Arkansas - Traveler Buffalo - Gals - Cindy - Little Bo Peep - Little
Liza Jane - Swanee River - Weeping Willow
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HISTORY
IN SONG (fortunecity.com/tinpan) :
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
SONGS OF THE SEA
1800s: IMMIGRATION FROM EUROPE & THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT
OUTLAWS & BADMEN (and -WOMEN)
SONGS FROM PENITENTIARIES & CHAIN GANGS
THE CIVIL WAR
THE RAILROAD IN AMERICAN SONG
TRAMPS, HOBOES, MIGRANT WORKERS, HOMELESS
TRAGEDIES AND DISASTERS
WORLD WAR I
THE LABOR MOVEMENT
1920s & 1930s; THE DEPRESSION & THE NEW DEAL
WORLD WAR II
LATE 1940s & 1950s: McCARTHY "WITCH-HUNTS;" NUCLEAR ARMS
RACE, THE KOREA WAR RACE RELATIONS & THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
1960s: THE BOMB SCARE, THE GENERATION GAP, THE VIET-NAM WAR |
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Idem, mais
avec contexte historique (folkarchive.de)
Singers : 
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Kurt
COBAIN :
Kurt
Cobain - a lesson plan (Inside Out)
He "rose to international fame in the early 1990s as
the lead singer of American pop group Nirvana.
He was born on 20th February 1967."
Level : Intermediate and above
- with Teacher's
Notes , a Glossary
and Sites to visit :
Find
out about Nirvana's Kurt Cobain (CBBC)
Torment
of rock hero Cobain (BBC)
Nirvana - Music
(nirvana-music.com)

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ANASTACIA
- Sick and Tired
: une activité à imprimer (Ac. Nancy-Metz)
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The BEATLES :
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The Beatles Graphic Biography
"Read the story of four young men from Liverpool who changed the music industry forever. From their creativity and innovation to their unique playing style and compositions, the Beatles revolutionized popular music laying a pathfor many bands and performers worldwide. Follow along as they transform from being complete unknowns to being one of the most, if not the most, famous and successful band in the history of popular music."
Les 2 dernières pages ne peuvent être lues que si l'on achète la BD.
(biguniverse.com)

-
Biography: The Beatles (simple) + an interactive exercise
(tolearnenglish.com)
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The
Beatles' Story in Comics (beatle-web.com)

- The
Beatles - Présentation PowerPoint (Primary
Resources)

- John
Lennon - présentation PowerPoint
(primaryresources.co.uk)
- IMAGINE :
- John
Lennon lesson plan - anniversary
of his birth - October 9th (developingteachers.com)

- with the song : 'Imagine'
- 'Imagine'
by John Lennon
- un travail envoyé par Corinne CORMIER de l'Académie
de Nice (.doc)
"Attention : Dans l'activité 2 (lexicale), il n'y
a pas d'antonyme pour "country", à eux de le découvrir
et d'expliquer pourquoi."
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'Imagine'
(John Lennon) - Compréhension écrite
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- John
Lennon - compréhension orale (The
Web Language Lab)

Keywords - Media - Exercises
- Quiz
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- James BLUNT :
- Bo DIDDLEY :

Bo Diddley
(1928 - 2008)
He "was an influential American rock and roll singer,
songwriter, and guitarist.
Often cited as a key figure in the transition
from blues to rock and roll..."
(Wikipedia)
- a video
(YouTube) 
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- DIZRAELI :

- Dizraeli
"is a rapper, writer, poet and singer with the band Bad Science...
Directing his stream of rap-stories like a flashlight into the murkiest corners of British culture, Dizraeli takes in politics, love, rain, supermarkets, grief, drug culture, and the nasty bits of masculinity with a sense of humour and a directness that might make you wince, but that always ring true."
(BBC)
- Bad Science - Mr Politician

(YouTube)
- Phone Call from 'The Rebel Cell' (album) by Dizraeli
(music.dizraeli.com)
- ELVIS PRESLEY
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Elvis
Presley 1 - interactive :
"FIVE of the following statements about Elvis Presley are
TRUE.
Listen to the audio file and click the
sentences you think are true." (Michel Barbot)
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Elvis
Presley 2 - interactive :
"Here are the FIVE false statements about Elvis.
Listen again and correct them by choosing
A, B, C or D." (Michel Barbot)
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Elvis
Presley - "Read this little book
and do the activity"
created by: Renée Maufroid

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- EMINEM :
- Michael JACKSON :
- Mickael Jackson and numbers.
"Emma, an American assistant in Decize (France), is talking about Mickael Jackson's life.
What you have to do is listen and fill-in the blanks with figures and numbers."
Created by Renée Maufroid

- Lenny KRAVITZ :
- I'll
be waiting - sung by Lenny Kravitz (fortunecity.com)
"I'm the one who really love ya, baby
I've been knockin' at your door
and as long as I'm livin'
I'll be waitin'
as long as I'm breathin'
I'll be there
whenever you call me
I'll be waitin'
whenever you need me
I'll be there..."
- the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- MADONNA :
- Sorry
- Based on: Sorry by Madonna - a lesson plan
FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!
Language Function: talking about one's experience
Grammar Focus: present perfect
- with Teacher's Notes
(english-4u.com)
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- BOB MARLEY :
FACTS :
- Rastafari
(acobas.net)
"The roots, core beliefs and practices of Rastafari
lie close to Bob Marley's music and philosophy. These pages
put the religion in context and dispels popular misconceptions
about the philosophy and lifestyle of devout Rastas."

- BOB
MARLEY - The Man and the Legend
(debate.uvm.edu)
BUFFALO SOLDIER :
WEBQUESTS :
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The
Rasta Quest - a webquest
"The Rasta movement is upon you, coloring your voices
with red, green, and gold!
To prepare, knowledge of the Rastafarianism lifestyle is
necessary; knowledge that will be gained through the use
of this particular webquest.
Through these means, you will learn about various aspects
of importance to the Rastafarian culture, such as music,
art, religious beliefs, daily life,
and symbolic interpretation..."
(academics.uww.edu)

- Kingston
- a webquest : History of Jamaica - Bob Marley
(onestopenglish.com)
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PINK :
- Bruce Springsteen -
(soundguideweb)
"Listen and find the missing words" (interactive)
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"Thèmes : Vietnam, guerre, conflit avec les parents, refus d'aller
au Vietnam -
Objectif grammatical : prétérit, prétérit continu, WOULD, USED
TO"
(exercice réalisé par Rodolphe MAUREL - Académie de Toulouse) |
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- STING :

- SHANIA TWAIN
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