I have used, "Under the Boardwalk" to teach "prepositions of place."   It's full of them.  I present it as a cloze exercise, and then modify it considerably. 

 
 Kearney Lykins

 
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From: "stewartdiaz at sympatico.ca" <stewartdiaz at sympatico.ca>
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 7:46:22 PM
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4734] Re: Music in the classroom

 Hi everyone,
 
It's nice to hear from fellow music lovers.  I've used music in the classroom for years.  It's a great motivator and if you have the right song you can really change the mood in the classroom.  
 
I've written two ESL songbooks that combine classical music with theme and grammar based lyrics. In the past it was a challenge when I encountered students that didn't feel music was "serious" enough for their needs.  However, whenever I use these songs in the classroom, I always have a positive response. When the songs are easily integrated into lesson planning, most students see their usefulness.   The songs are upbeat, fun and a novel way to review vocabulary, grammar and cultural differences. 
 
I'd love to send you a free sample of one of the songs, if you are interested.  Any comments you may have would be appreciated. 
 
Regards,
 
Maureen Stewart
 
www.eslclassics.com
 
 
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 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:40:50 -0400
From: maile at austinenglish.org
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4728] Re: Music in the classroom

Hi, all. In addition to using music in the ways that have already been mentioned, we try to incorporate songs with themes that reflect (1) our course topics and (2) universal human experiences/feelings.

For example, we sometimes use "9 to 5" and "She Works Hard for the Money" in a course that covers paychecks & paystubs. They offer great jumping-off points to talk about women's experiences in the workplace.

Thanks for the question, Glenda. I'm always looking for songs that work in class.

Maile


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Maile Broccoli-Hickey
Executive Director
English at Work
Echoing Green Fellow
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