Real songs for learning

**bassaria5** · 13th September 2012 10:22

Hello all,

I have a low-intermediate student who wants me to come up with some English songs. Basically, she wants some supplemental English while driving/running/etc. She wants real songs, not educational songs, and I am completely lost here... does anyone know of any songs that I could use that have language which isn't too complicated and is clearly annunciated? Or anything close? I feel like I may have promised something I can't deliver...

Thanks for your help in advance!

-Nick

**you_me_no_savy_talk_talk** · 13th September 2012 10:31

I know this is not what she is asking for, but she might benefit more from audio books. I assume you can get graded audio books, like the graded reader books.

**Ben2talk** · 13th September 2012 11:48

Beatles

**fred flintstone** · 13th September 2012 12:08

I've used this a few times. Went over pretty good.He speaks clearly and its easy for them to sing along with once they have the words down.

**Cal Roy** · 22nd September 2012 16:39

Songs she can understand the words work best for me. John Denver, Peter, Paul and Mary, Woody Guthrie, that sort of thing. Have her find the words so she can sing along when she isn't driving.

**Don** · 22nd September 2012 16:45

2nd conditional beyonce, if i were a boy

**wattaman** · 22nd September 2012 19:36

I'd suggest all the Disney movies' soundtracks. They are fun, easy to listen and most of the people like them; plus, most of them are not long and the student/listener will not get bored. I personally love them but I think I might have the Peter Pan syndrome

**Victoria Carolyn Vida** · 27th September 2012 10:10

I have tons of great songs in mind, whether they are appropriate or not is the question!

**swimmingly** · 27th September 2012 20:37

Originally Posted by Victoria Carolyn Vida

I have tons of great songs in mind, whether they are appropriate or not is the question!

"we" can decide that, list away.

**CGriswald309B** · 28th September 2012 15:33

Tom Waits, Slayer, Tupac, etc... I kid, I kid.

I find myself using The Police, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Norah Jones, Paul Simon and Jack Johnson.

**banjo** · 28th September 2012 16:02

Anything by Michael Learns To Rock should work fine. Desperate music in my book, but the lyrics are clear, easy to understand rhyming doggerel - mostly on romantic topics - and Thais seem to quite like that kind of thing. I used to do listening gap-fills using MLR and the students really enjoyed them. I would get them to predict words or phrases in advance and then play back and check. Not altogether sure quite what they learned from it, mark you, but I suppose it gave them listening practice and some exposure to sentence stress. I never really developed it though. But for your girl, MLR could be just the thing.