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High notes for lower levelsUsing songs to teach

lower level ESL students

by Nora Jung

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Outline

Introduction

Input from audience

Discussion of songs

Some Internet resources

Copyright Nora Jung 2009. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author

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• Adult / Literacy • Work /Play• Serious pictures / Cute

pictures• Grammar / Easy vocabulary• Available Material

• Using Songs in the Classroom

ESL Adult literacy juggling act

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Reasons for Using Songs in the Classroom

Improve • listening skills• fluency• reading• grammar

Introduce • new theme /topic• vocabulary

/idioms

Practice • vocabulary

/idioms• language point • speech patterns• pronounciation

Add• relaxed

atmosphere• fun to learning

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It's raining; it's pouring

It's raining; it's pouring.The old man is snoring.He went to bed and bumped his

head,And he couldn't get up in the

morning

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Reading / Writing & Nursery rhymes

It's raining; it's pouring.The old man is snoring.He went to bed and bumped his head,And he couldn't get up in the morning

It's raining; it's pouring.The old man is snoring.He went to bed and bumped his

head,And he couldn't get up in the

morning

It's raining; it's pouring.The old man is snoring.He went to bed and bumped his head,And he couldn't get up in the morning

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The Muffin Man

Do you know the muffin manThe muffin man, the muffin manDo you know the muffin manWho lives on Drury lane ?

Yes we know the muffin man The muffin man, the muffin manYes we know the muffin manWho lives on Drury lane

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A Tisket, A Tasket

A-tisket, a-tasket,A green and yellow basket.I wrote a letter to my love,And on the way I dropped it.

I dropped it, I dropped it,And, on the way I dropped it.A little boy picked it up,And put it in his pocket

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Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,And eyes and ears and mouth and nose,Head shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

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Adult education

for adultsby adults

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A Tisket, A Tasket

A-tisket, a-tasket,A green and yellow basket.I wrote a letter to my love,And on the way I dropped it.

I dropped it, I dropped it,And, on the way I dropped it.A little boy picked it up,And put it in his pocket

Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUYpUogn91U

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A tisket a tasket, a brown and yellow basketI sent a letter to my mommy, on the way I dropped itI dropped it, I dropped it, yes on the way I dropped itA little girly picked it up and put it in her pocket

She was trucking on down the avenuewith not a single thing to doShe went pick, pick, picking all aroundwhen she spied it on the ground

Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket

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She took it, she took it, my little yellow basketand if she doesn't bring it back I think that I will die

A tisket a tasket, I lost my yellow basketand if that girly don’t return it I don’t know what I’ll do

Oh dear I wonder where my basket can be?(so do we, so do we, so do we)Oh gee! I wish that little girl I could see. (so do we, so do we, so do we)

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Oh why was i so careless with that basket of mine?That itty bitty basket was a joy of mineA tisket, a tasket I lost my yellow basket Won’t someone help me find my basket And make me happy again

(Was it green?) No no no no(Was it red?) No no no no (Was it blue?) No no no noJust a little yellow basket

A little yellow basket

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Summertime – George Gershwin

Summertime, And the livin' is easyFish are jumpin'And the cotton is high

Oh, Your daddy's richAnd your mamma's good lookin'So hush little babyDon't you cry

One of these morningsYou're going to rise up singingThen you'll spread your wingsAnd you'll take to the sky

But until that morningThere's a'nothing can harm youWith your daddy and mammy standing by

Summertime, And the livin' is easyFish are jumpin'And the cotton is high

Your daddy's richAnd your mamma's good lookin'So hush little babyDon't you cry

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Grammatical correctness

• gonna = going to • wanna = want to • gotta = got to • I ain't = I am not / I'm not • it ain't = it is not / it isn't • 'cause = because • comin’ = coming• Don’t know = I don’t know

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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Things have come to a pretty passOur romance is growing flat,For you like this and the otherWhile I go for this and that,

Goodness knows what the end will be

Oh I don't know where I'm atIt looks as if we two will never be

oneSomething must be done:

You say either and I say either,You say neither and I say neitherEither, either neither, neitherLet's call the whole thing off.

You like potato and I like potahtoYou like tomato and I like tomahtoPotato, potahto, tomato, tomahto.Let's call the whole thing off

But oh, if we call the whole thing offThen we must partAnd oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart

So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmas,I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyajahmasFor we know we need each other so weBetter call the whole thing offLet's call the whole thing off.

You say laughter and I say larfterYou say after and I say arfterLaughter, larfter after arfterLet's call the whole thing off,You like vanilla and I like vanellaYou saspiralla, and I saspirellaVanilla vanella chocolate strawberryLet's call the whole thing off

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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Things have come to a pretty passOur romance is growing flat,For you like this and the otherWhile I go for this and that,

Goodness knows what the end will be

Oh I don't know where I'm atIt looks as if we two will never be

oneSomething must be done:

You say either and I say either,You say neither and I say neitherEither, either neither, neitherLet's call the whole thing off.

You like potato and I like potatoYou like tomato and I like tomatoPotato, potato, tomato, tomato.Let's call the whole thing off

But oh, if we call the whole thing offThen we must partAnd oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart

So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjamas,I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyjamasFor we know we need each other so weBetter call the whole thing offLet's call the whole thing off.

You say laughter and I say laughterYou say after and I say afterLaughter, laughter after, afterLet's call the whole thing off,You like vanilla and I like vanellaYou saspiralla, and I saspirellaVanilla, vanilla chocolate strawberryLet's call the whole thing off

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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Things have come to a pretty passOur romance is growing flat,For you like this and the otherWhile I go for this and that,

Goodness knows what the end will beOh I don't know where I'm atIt looks as if we two will never be oneSomething must be done:

You say either and I say either,You say neither and I say neitherEither, either neither, neitherLet's call the whole thing off.

You like potato and I like potato You like tomato and I like tomato Potato, potato, tomato, tomato.Let's call the whole thing off

But oh, if we call the whole thing offThen we must partAnd oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart

So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjamas,I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyjamasFor we know we need each other so weBetter call the whole thing offLet's call the whole thing off.

You say laughter and I say laughter You say after and I say after Laughter, laughter after, afterLet's call the whole thing off,You like vanilla and I like vanillaYou saspiralla, and I saspirellaVanilla, vanilla, chocolate, strawberryLet's call the whole thing off

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Donovan - Colours

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,In the morning, when we rise,In the morning, when we rise.That's the time, that's the time,I love the best.

Blue is the colour of the sky,In the morning, when we rise,In the morning, when we rise.That's the time, that's the time,I love the best.

Green is the colour of the sparkling corn,In the morning, when we rise,In the morning, when we rise.That's the time, that's the time,I love the best.

Mellow is the feeling that I get,When I see her, m-hmm,When I see her, oh yeah.That's the time, that's the time,I love the best.

Freedom is a word I rarely use,Without thinking, m-hmm,Without thinking, oh yeah.Of the time, of the time,When I've been loved.

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Suppertime by Johnny Cash

Many years ago in days of childhood I used to play till evening time would come Still winding down that old familiar pathway I hear my mother call at setting sun Come home come home it's suppertime the shadows lengthen fast Come home come home it's suppertime we're going home at last

Some of the fondest memories of my childhood are woven around suppertime When mother used to call from the back steps of the old home place Come on home now son it's suppertime my how I'd love to hear that once again But you know time has woven for me a realization of truth that's even more

thrilling That someday we'll be called up to gather around the supper table up there For the greatest suppertime of them all with our Lord I can almost hear the call now coming from the portals of heaven

Come home son it's suppertime come on home Come home come home...

Come home come home it's suppertime the shadows lengthen so fast Come home come home it's suppertime we're going home at last

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500 Miles - Peter, Paul & Mary

If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am goneYou can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord I’m one, lord I’m two, lord I’m three, lord I’m four,Lord I’m 500 miles from my home.500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 milesLord I’m five hundred miles from my home.

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my nameLord I can’t go home this wayThis way, this way, this way, this way,Lord I can’t go home this way.

If you miss the train I’m on you will know that I am goneYou can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

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500 Miles - Peter, Paul & Mary

If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am goneYou can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord I’m one, lord I’m two, lord I’m three, lord I’m four,Lord I’m 500 miles from my home.500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 milesLord I’m five hundred miles from my home.

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my nameLord I can’t go home this wayThis way, this way, this way, this way,Lord I can’t go home this way.

If you miss the train I’m on you will know that I am goneYou can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

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YouTube - Broadcast YourselfYesterday- The Beatles +lyricshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLj8blqSgQBeatles - Yesterday with lyricshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOpakQubmnI

500 Miles - Peter Paul and Maryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwB2A9HHaCU

Five Hundred Miles with lyricshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7b9tWhoKg&feature=related500 miles - The Hootershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfK5pxaRoQA

500 miles with lyrics ***http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rynxm_GQEsI

Popsicle Toes (Michael Franks ukulele cover)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeqOpg0pcJk

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Donovan – Colourshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX3AnhefltM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNw4MkJ9dD4

Scarborough Fair with lyrics - Hayley Westenrahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ISC1AlExQ

Ella Fitzgerald "SUMMERTIME" George Gershwin 1968 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoPlAe23Ruo

Sam Cooke - Summertime(w/ Lyrics)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFJLUBwpSY

Wonderful world (Sam Cooke)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KTFoMJi3uE

Johnny Cash - Suppertime THP 1958http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2lzQ7tgjg&feature=PlayList&p=5C636E6B558B48F1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=12

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Some Internet resources

ESL Through Musichttp://www.forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/http://www.forefrontpublishers.com/eslmusic/index.htm

Musical English Lessons Internationalhttp://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/popsongs/index.htm

AzarGrammar.com Classroom Materialshttp://www.azargrammar.com/materials/index.html

Song for Teachinghttp://www.songsforteaching.com/esleflesol.htm

English Grammar Songshttp://www.songsforteaching.com/grammarpunctuationspelling/nouns.htm

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using songs in the esl classroomhttp://www.esl-lounge.com/songstop.shtml

ESL Songs, Lyrics, and Bookshttp://www.eslpages.com/eslsongs.htm

Learn a Songhttp://www.manythings.org/songs/

TESL: Songshttp://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Songs/

BBC - CBeebies - Something Special - Songshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/songs/

Songs LearnEnglish Kids - British Councilhttp://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs.htm