Apart from gap filling and choosing the right option, which activities can we carry out in class after listening to a song or watching a video clip?  How can we use songs to introduce the topic of a lesson or vacabulary in a creative and motivating way?

I �m looking forward to hearing about your teaching experiences.

 Thanks in advance 

 To exemplify a few ideas I �ll be using the song "Enlgishman in New York", by Sting.

 

An interesting exercise is to play with words that rhyme and make a multiple choice question.

Ex:

 

"I �m a BRITISHMAN / ENGLISHMAN in New York" (stds choose the correct answer).

 

Another option is to jumble the lines of a stanza:

 

"I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I �m an Englishman in New York
I don �t drink coffee I take tea my dear"   (Stds number the lines 1 -4 according to the song)

 

If you want to teach a class about parts of speech, let �s say verbs, you can handle cards with some verbs from the song to some students. When the singer sings "I �m" or "talk" or "don �t drink" the student that has that card should raise the card or stand up with it. This is fun to introduce a verb tense, because after this you can ask which tense is used with the verbs in the cards and continue your lesson. 

 

Hope these tips have been useful to you.  Cristina

a collection of ideas here

Also:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-kids/using-songs

Sophia