EFL Listening Lesson with Song | We Are The Champions

Lesson Plan

LESSON: We Are The Champions
OBJECTIVES: a. Build natural expressions b. Listening identification
LEVEL: Pre-intermediate and above. (Adjust some of the activities for different levels)
TIME: 30-40 minutes

​Pre-Listening

· In pairs (or individual), write 5 things they know about Queen.
(Some students may not know anything and that's ok.) - 6-8 minutes

· Take some answers and work with corrections as a class. (3-5 minutes)

Listening

(Adapt the order of the worksheet to how you see fit for your class)

· Listen one time and do the matching. 
· Listen a second time and finish the matching.
· Find synonyms and/or translations of the given expressions in section I.
POST LISTENING:Optional depending on the level of your students. I don't do this with lower levels. 

Post Listening

(Optional depending on the level of your students)

· Students write example sentences using the new expressions from section I.
· Choose some example sentences to work with as a class.
· Write one sentence using a new word or expression from this lesson.
 
Good luck! Let me know how it works for you and if you have any special touches that I can try in my classes:

Pro Tips

Make corrections in students' sentences in the Pre-Listening activity to improve their grammar

Less is more - For lower levels, only focus on them learning one or two new expressions to use

Easter Egg Lessons

Good music - Not a 'lesson' per se, but they will get to hear a good song that most people enjoy.

Motivation - If they can capture the mood of the song, they could be motivated in their lives.

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Student Worksheet

I. What do the following expressions mean? Use the meanings from the box

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I’m not                                                                                  again and again                                    to experience difficult
situations before success                                              an easy experience                               to be treated poorly                                                                  
                                                                                                   to survive

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1. To pay your dues                              _______________________________________
2. Time after time                                  _______________________________________
3. To have sand kicked in your face    _______________________________________
4. To come through                               _______________________________________
5. To be a bed of roses                         _______________________________________
6. I ain’t                                                   _______________________________________

 
II. Listen to the song (2 times) and match the expressions.

1. I’ve paid my dues                                                                                     a. I’ve made a few
   
   
2. I’ve done my sentence                                                                            b. time after time
   
   
3. And bad mistakes                                                                                    c. my friend
   
   
4. I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face                                      d. for losers
   
   
5. We are the champions                                                                           e. but committed no crime
   
   
6. And we’ll keep on fighting                                                                      f. but I’ve come through
   
   
7. No time                                                                                                     g. and my curtain calls
   
   
8. I’ve taken my bows                                                                                  h. ‘til the end
   
   
9. But it’s been no bed of roses                                                                  i. and I ain’t gonna lose
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10. I consider it a challenge before the whole human race                     j. no pleasure cruise

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