Using songs to teach English is a great way to engage your students. Depending on the song, you can teach various topics, from tenses to pronouns, from vocabulary to grammar constructions. Let’s focus on teaching adjectives today.
1. Lenka – Everything at Once
This song is great for teaching a large number of adjectives, as well as for using the pattern “as…as”. See the complete lyrics with gaps to fill in here.
2. James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
While teaching adjectives with this song you can explain the difference between “you’re” and “your” at the same time.
3. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
This amazing song is great not only for teaching adjectives, but also for explaining comparison of adjectives to your students.
4. Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket
Interesting fact – “I’m” is used over 34 times in this song, “I’m this”, “I’m that”… Your hunch is right; there are a bunch of useful adjectives to describe people.
5. Kaiser Chiefs – Everyday I Love You Less and Less
If you wish to teach adjectives, especially the adjectives ending in –ed, this is the perfect song to use.
How do you teach with music? Share your favorite songs for teaching English in the comments.
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I loved all of them! I’ve already used the song by Alanis many times. Good to have some new ideas! Some of these songs I did not know.
This is a wonderful idea. My friend teaches English to foreign students in Cambridge. I shall show her the post.
Great idea. My friend teaches English to students in India and I’ll pass on this tip to her.
Thanks everyone for liking and sharing :)
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The Logical Song is also great for teaching adjectives
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this is good ideas i’ll share with my friends thanks
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Great songs but I’d get fired for all the profanity. Not very helpful
I love this Idea, but how do I edit out the profanity esp in the Alanis song?
To introduce comparative and superlative I use Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, but I use HazzerJ’s youtube video. Take a look and you’ll undestand why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6yx-4WaUn0