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vickyvar
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I need your help!
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Hi there! Please have a look at the following song and tell me what for you would use it to teach and at what level.
Thanks in advance.
I know I may be wishing
On a world
That may never be
But I`ll keep on wishing
No matter how hopeless
Or foolish
It may seem
I`ll keep on wishing
I`ll toss my coins in the fountain
Look for clovers in grassy lawns
Search for shooting stars in the night
Cross my fingers and dream on
I know I may be dreaming
Of a world
Far from present day reality
But I`ll keep on dreaming
No matter how unrealistic
Or naive
It may seem
Always keep dreaming
And toss your coins in the fountain
Look for clovers in grassy lawns
Search for shooting stars in the night
Cross your fingers and dream on
We must always be thinking
Of the world
As a place of infinite possibilities
And always keep thinking
No matter how hopeless
Or foolish
It may seem
Always keep thinking
And toss our coins in the fountain
Look for clovers in grassy lawns
Search for shooting stars in the night
Cross our fingers and dream on
I`ll keep on wishing
We must always keep dreaming
Of a world
With equality and justice
Thinking
There could be a world
Without poverty and sickness
Wishing
Of a world
Without hunger and homelessness
Dreaming
Of a world
Where all people live in peace
Dreaming
Of a world
Dreaming
On a world |
23 Jun 2010
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teresapr
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I could use it with the focus on: Multicultural society/A world of many languages/Peace/freedom/Democracy/Respect and Acceptance/Generation Gap/teens � problems...
Hope it may be useful!
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23 Jun 2010
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manuelanunes3
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Hi
... as for grammar you could use it to teach modals (may, could, must), imperative or future tense (maybe level 5 - 9th form).
Hugs
Manuela |
24 Jun 2010
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aliciapc
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Intermediate level (12-14) and the use of will for promises + imperatives... |
24 Jun 2010
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MarianaC
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I think most songs are flexible enough to let you work with many aspects. The topics that teresapr mentioned are great. You can also work with dreams for their future, and then link it with the grammar you need to express wishes (I wish I could become a ...), or even plans (going to). When I work with songs, I like linking the grammar to a topic, and/or viceversa, so it doesn �t feel disconnected, out of the blue or forced.
For lower levels you can work with prepositions, present simple, sounds (ng ending)...
For a higher level class you can work with -ing forms: present participle verbs (wishing, thinking, dreaming) vs present participle adjectives (shooting star); or suffixes and/or word transformation (hopeless, foolish, grassy for adjectives; homelessness, sickness, possibilities, equality, reality for nouns) (reality, unrealistic)
I also think the level you work with song with will be determined by the speed with which the lyrics are sung and the clarity of the singer �s voice... sometimes complex lyrics are slow and so easy to work with, while if simple lyrics are fast, it makes it really difficult for students to understand and for teachers to develop a lesson. I don �t know this song, so that will be up to you!
I hope this helps!
Cheers |
24 Jun 2010
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Sonn
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Gerund, Future Simple, Modals, Imperative
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24 Jun 2010
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blunderbuster
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"must be thinking" is present continuous passive in combination with a modal.
If you teach students who want to know what that is and how to use it, you should probably teach it to 14+
Regards
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24 Jun 2010
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vickyvar
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Thanks a bunch!!! You �ve been realy helpful!!
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24 Jun 2010
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