With songs to help ESL students

Some years ago I met some Japanese tourists, who spoke very little English. The British knew they were by the Beatles. Although this was not very practical in everyday communication, pointed out to me how we absorb information submitted with rhythm and melody. If this hook other information such as rhymes and contemporary music, and the arduous task of learning information in lap can be done, even subliminally. The advertising industry has usedthis for many decades.

The owner of a large chain of English schools in Brazil, I suggested that adult contemporary pop songs, whose lyrics contain concentrated areas of grammar students would be of great benefit to the ESL. The concept of a library for teaching and learning of English aid is not new. When I looked in this area, I discovered that the songs will be used to children, or standard songs, the only real advantage to learn English "is that theycomposed in English.

Over the past two years I have been writing songs, the lyrics contain a focus on their grammar. They cover difficult areas such as grammar irregular verbs and prepositions.

Case study

Irregular verbs song (chorus)

Every place we have been given us, every song that we sang,

Every fight we fought, we performed all races,

Every time we lost our way, wefound a path that leads us through.

Every fear that we felt every inch you grow,

Every word we said, every thought we have known

Everything we have done and everything we do

Tie a piece of me, a part of you.

Visit the YouTube link to the chorus of Tunes Video Tutor for the above text.

If you learn 11 words of the chorus, you learn irregular verbs in their pastParticiple form. The song actually contains 21 irregular verbs in any case .. Context in all three forms (present and past participle so an advanced student who can learn more advanced in the Song sung throughout the song (This is a very large) has not only learned the form of 21 irregular verbs can be three, but even in a sentence.

This knowledge is different studied as a material in a "friendly learned, remembered. Consider how difficult it is to remember the exact text of a story isBut how easy it is .. in a song, I suggest that before verbs texts presented in catchy pop songs sound like "Remember that children are not music, but like other contemporary pop songs will help the areas of English grammar is not logical that, as irregular.