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Tornado Warning by Rihanna
Related to the thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. This being �Tornadoes�. 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 so...
Level: elementary
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 39
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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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What a Mighty Storm by Nanci Griffith and friends
Related to the thematic area of �Natural Disasters�. This being �Storms�. In order to personalise the context relative to students� own. Utilise modern music that students can relate to revisit what still remains USA�s worst ever natural disaster when between 6,000 to 8,000 people lost their lives. Simple listening task, preceded by prediction / g...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Wish You Were Here - Goodbye Lullaby by Avril Lavigne
Catchy tune by the teenage rebel�s heroine Avril Lavigne. Students are to be encouraged to attempt to predict which of the underlined pairs they will hear, based on contextual clues such as possible rhymes, established collocation etc. While listen task is simple and therefore allows student to concentrate on listening and not required to complete...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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�Lean On� by Major Lazer & DJ Snake (with M�)
In Nov. 2015 this song was announced by Spotify as officially being the most streamed song ever! Get your students into the groove by encouraging them to predict (using contextual clues , rhymes etc.)which of the bolded pair of words or phrases they will hear. Then listen to the song to check if they were correct. The official video on YouTube is p...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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�Blue Skies� by Lenka
Catchy modern song from Lenka�s 2015 album release, �The Bright Side�. Simple while task to be completed done after pre- listening task of encouraging students to predict which word they will likely hear, based on contextual clues, e.g. rhymes, collocation etc.
Look up and enjoy the Blue Skies.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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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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�Glad you came� by The Wanted
Pre-listening task is to attempt to predict which of the words in the box fit into the space While listening task is to check if they were correct and amend accordingly. Minimal writing involved so as to allow learners more time to devote to the listening side of things. Learners self-correct by watching the song+lyrics vid on YouTube. An uplifting...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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�Love Don�t Leave Me Waiting� by Glen Hansard
A gorgeously laid back yet melodious tune by Glen Hansard. Prior to listening students should be encouraged to guess (from contextual clues) which of the pair of words they are likely to hear. Then listen to the song to see if they were correct. Students circle the correct word. Then follow up by watching the official video and noting down answers ...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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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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