Welcome to my blog! I'm an ESOL teacher and teacher trainer in the UK, and you'll find some of the websites I know about in this blog, and some suggestions on how to use them. Hope it's helpful.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Lyrics Training

This is a really great site.  It has songs in a range of European languages - English, Itaian, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portugese and German, and you can choose from easy, medium or hard songs and also make the task easier or harder for yourself by choosing how much of the song you want blanked out.  You then play the video, listen to the song and fill in the gaps. What is particularly nice about this site is that it's very easy to take at your own pace.  If you miss a gap the song stops and you just press the backspace button to listen to that line again, or if you can't get it, press the tab key to get the answer.  You can register for free with the site and then it will record all of your scores, but you can use the site without registering, too.

I think it's a great site for all ages and all abilities, really, as there is a wide range of songs and this kind of material is often very motivating for people, especially if they know and like the songs anyway.  Probably more for homework, rather than in class.

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