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The power of song
In the workshops I have been doing in phase 3 of the new secondary curriculum support programme for the Association for Language Learning I have included a session on using songs because they can be...
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Learning through Popkultur – German song resources from the Goethe Institut
If you are looking for some songs to use with German classes the Goethe Institute has put together some resources here as an introduction to the German Pop music scene. Each of the seven songs comes...
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Grammar through song
One of the real bonuses of having PGCE students working with you is that they often come up with fantastic resources and creative ideas for using those resources. This song from the Lassie Singers is...
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Serious stuff with song
Following on from my post about using a joke to introduce the topic of racism, and Ausländerfeindlichkeit in German I’ve come across this song which could also used as a resource to address these...
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Christmas songs 圣诞节
Christmas is coming and it’s song time! I’ve just added a few links on the Chinese songs page to videos for Jingle Bells, Santa Claus is coming tonight and We wish you a merry Christmas. If you really...
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Getting ready for Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year (春节 Chūn Jié or Spring Festival) is almost upon us – Monday January 23rd. This year is the year of the dragon (龙年 lóngnián), the fifth animal of the Chinese zodiac. I was looking for...
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The recycled orchestra
Thanks to a Facebook friend who drew my attention to this amazing video about young people living in a slum in Paraguay who have created musical instruments out of the rubbish they have found around...
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Water, water everywhere….
Water, water everywhere is the theme of this year’s National Poetry day, an annual ”nationwide celebration of poetry for everyone everywhere”. It falls on the first Thursday in October which this...
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Eurovision – it’s that time of the year again….
It’s that time of the year again for the ‘Boom bang a bang’ jamboree that is the Eurovision song contest! It is an event that lends itself to exploitation in the classroom in a...
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