Personal development, Teambuilding
Art and culture, Body, movement and senses, Media (audio/video/images), Teambuilding and empowerment
30 min.
Large group, Small group
Upto 1 hour
Materials needed
Advanced, Beginner, Moderate
Speaking, Writing, Listening, Reading
Cultural awareness, Creativity
Learning to learn, Self-expression
Objectives
The learner can understand a song.
Material
- For every learner a printed version of the lyrics.
- Blackboard or something alike.
Preparation
- Look for a suitable song on Youtube.
- Share the link in the WhatsApp group.
- Make a list of relevant questions about the song.
Instructions
- Play the song a couple of times, without showing the clip.
- Ask questions after every listening round, starting with general questions, like:
- Do you know the song?
- Who sings the song?
- How do you imagine the singer to be?
- Which emotions does this song evoke?
- Do you like the song?
- What words do you hear several times in this song?
- How often do you hear the word(s)?
- Which rhyming words do you hear?
- What other words do you hear?
- Write the words that have been recognized in the correct order on the blackboard, so the structure of verse and chorus appears.
- Show the clip and complete the text.
- Explain new words.
- Discuss the content of the song.
- Sing the song together.