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�Volcano� by Damien Rics
Related to the thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. This being �Volcanic Eruptions�. In order to personalise the context relative to students� own. Utilising modern music that incorporates language related to various forms of disaster. Simple listening task, preceded by prediction / guessing likely choice from context / rhyme etc. Use YouTube vi...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Tsunami Song Worksheet
Related to thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. In this case �Tsunamis�. In order to personalise the context relative to students� own. Utilising modern music that incorporates language related to various forms of disaster. Simple listening task, preceded by prediction / guessing likely choice from context / rhyme etc. Use YouTube video as sourc...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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�Wannacry� Ransomware Attack - Reading for specific details
Introduce context of cybercrime, hacking, blackmail, ransoms.Elicit what students know about the topic (probably more than you expected). Have your students scan a text to answer set questions regarding a recent �Ransomware� attack in Europe and Asia. Answers provided.
Your feedback is appreciated.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29
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�Missing� by Everything But The Girl
Catchy, engaging song with clearly enunciated lyrics. Encourage students to try and predict which word from the underlined pair they will hear.Simple while listening task to see if their predictions were correct. Use YouTube video with lyrics to self-check (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9VdJA6BCww). Optional: Let students enjoy the remixed versio...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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SONG �One Way or Another� by Blondie
Classic song from the 70�s which was given a new lease of life when One Direction released their own version in 2013. Raise your students� awareness of the change of sound in spoken language where �going to� becomes �gonna�.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 58
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"The Climb" by Miley Cyrus
Before Miley Cyrus discovered �twerking� she was producing MOR pop for the retainer wearing teen population of the world. Minimal writing involved in this listening task. The song is quite uplifting and had been adopted as an anthem best suited to graduation ceremonies around the English speaking world. Utilise Youtube videos with lyrics to encoura...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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�Nicest Thing� by Kate Nash
A delightful and clearly enunciated song by the breathy Kate Nash related to the function of making or expressing wishes. Simple while listening task. Students self check using YouTube lyrics video. Ease your students into the weekend by getting them to follow up and make their own wishes. Your feedback appreciated. Did you students enjoy the song?
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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SONG Sit Still, Be Pretty by Daya
Marking Int. Women�s Day I put together a worksheet to accompany this sassy song by Daya - a song I became aware of thanks to my own daughter listening to it in the commute to school each day. The song pokes fun at Barbie Doll depictions and expectations of women, while forwarding a much more prickly, independent, feminist perspective that espouses...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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"Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top
Catchy song from the guys with �the� beards of rock. Target language related to clothes and accessories. Students simply recognise the word they hear and write in the number next to the word. Students are to be encouraged to try and predict the likely word (before listening) from contextual clues e.g. rhymes etc. Then listen. Students to use YouTub...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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�Everything At Once� by Lenka
A song from Lenka�s 2nd album uses an array of similies. Students ought to be encouraged to �predict� the likely answer before listening. It�s a catchy tune - made all the more popular when Microsoft adopted it to promote Windows 8 and the �Surface� tablet PC.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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