ESL Speaking Game for KIDS, TEENS, and ADULTS | Songversation

Songs are a fantastic but underutilized tool to use in your ESL or EFL speaking lessons. Most people like music, and something about music is fun and catchy, which makes it a great way to learn a foreign language.

The question is, what are some good ways to use songs in class?

Yes, you could do a gap fill exercise, and answering concept questions, or even pronunciation lessons. All of which you can find some of those in the Listening Lessons section.

Professor Harry Waters shared a creative, fun idea to incorporate songs into our conversation classes in a recent episode of the More Than English Podcast. It's called Songversation!

How It Works:

Your students will have a conversation with a song. First, you will demonstrate how the activity works. (The order is flexible)

1. Show the lyrics of a song on the board.
2. Play the song for the students to listen to.
3. Ask questions to the singer that the song lyrics will answer creating a conversation.
4. Take this exercise in any creative direction you can imagine with your classes.

Watch the video above for ideas and further explanation.

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Pro Tips:

Adapt the lesson for your style and your classes. Try different ways of doing it and allow students freedom to try different things.

Pre-approve songs before they start their projects (if you do projects with it).

Demonstrate what you want the students to do first.

Easter Egg Lessons:

Expand Musical Palate - Introduce your students to different kinds of music.

Building creativity - They will get to exercise their creativity with forming their questions and answers.

​What else can you find?

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