WATCH, SING AND LEARN

Teaching English Through Videos and Songs

Carlos Gontow

Note: I can’t include the songs or videos in the Power Point presentation for copyright reasons.

Most of them are easy to be found on the Internet.

If you have questions, contact me at carlosgontow@uol.com.br

Thanks,

Carlos Gontow

A: Hello, old friend

B: Hello, old friend

A: It’s really good to see you once again Hello, old friend

B: Hello, old friend

A: Really good to see you

A & B: Once again

- great source of authentic language

Using videos and songs

- motivating and fun

- a fabulous learning experience

- hard work to prepare

- show students that they can watch and listen to real things and understand

Keep your eyes open!

Where to find videos and songs?

Can we find songs and videos for any level?

Keep your eyes open!

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND GESTURESFACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND GESTURES

Select short scenes from movies.Watch the videos and copy the facial expressions and

gestures you see.

Watch the videos again. How are the people feeling?

“I have to go to the bank.”

Watch the videos again.Say the sentence above many times,

copying the gestures and facial expressions.

Select scenes from movies or TV shows.Show students the dialog (a short one)

Ask them how they would say that. They can practice the dialog in pairs.

Then show the movie scene for them to compare.

Use different scenes.

Fred CaselyRoxy HartAmos

Billy Flin

In this scene from the movie “Chicago,” Roxy and Billy are talking to a group of journalists .

Watch it and write the questions that are missing.

Write the lyrics of the song.Students watch it and write down the questions.

What’s the difference?

Brasil Brazil

melanelpastelazul

willwellcallsold

Understandable, understandableYes, it’s perfectly understandableComprehensible, comprehensibleNot a bit reprehensibleIt’s so defensible

Play this part of the song again. Students practice the /l/ sound.

The “th” sounds

We have to “convince” students of the correct articulation.

Show pictures or videos where we can see people pronouncing the th sound.

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Using songs for drills

Short extractsRepetition of the same sound

/ᶞ/

The “th” sounds

They both reached for the gun

Sing this part of the song again, paying attention to the th sound

Songs with everybody, nobody, anybody, etc

Good to teach the use of the third person singular.

Everybody makes mistakesEverybody has those days1, 2, 3, 4Everybody makes mistakesEverybody has those daysEverybody knows what, what I’m talking aboutEverybody gets that wayThat’s rightEverybody makes mistakesEverybody has those daysEverybody knows what, what I’m talking aboutEverybody gets that way

Hannah Montana’s “Nobody’s Perfect”

YeahNobody’s perfectI gotta work it again and again till I get it rightNobody’s perfectYou live and you learn it‘Cause everybody makes mistakesOh, nobody’s perfect

Have you noticed anything?

Which verbs follow the words nobody and everybody?

Everybody makes mistakesEverybody has those days1, 2, 3, 4Everybody makes mistakesEverybody has those daysEverybody knows what, what I’m talking aboutEverybody gets that wayThat’s rightEverybody makes mistakesEverybody has those daysEverybody knows what, what I’m talking aboutEverybody gets that way

YeahNobody’s perfectI gotta work it again and again till I get it rightNobody’s perfectYou live and you learn it‘Cause everybody makes mistakesOh, nobody’s perfect

Everybody ______________ to rule the world.

Everybody ______________ to rule the world.wants

wants

Everybody, everybodyEverybody _________ to be a catHallelujahEverybody, everybodyEverybody _________ to be a catEverybody, everybodyEverybody _________ to be a cat

wants

wants

wants

And now it’s your turn!

With a partner, write three sentences using nobody, everybody, everybody, anybody, etc.

Past Tense – final ed

Work on the three ways to pronounce it:

/d/ /t/ /Id/

And while she tried to be a star

Tony always tended bar across the crowded floor

And while she tried to be a star,Tony always tended bar across the crowded floor

They worked from 8 till four

He was escorted to his chair

And when she finished

He called her over

And when she finished, he called her over

Tony sailed across the bar

And chairs were smashed in two

But that was thirty years ago whenthey used to have a show

Still in the dress she used to wear

And nowlet’s sing!

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there

She would merengue and do the cha-cha

And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar

Across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4

They were young and they had each other

Who could ask for more?

At the Copa, Copacabana (Copacabana)The hottest spot north of Havana (here)At the Copa, CopacabanaMusic and passion were always the fashion

At the Copa....they fell in loveCopa, Copacabana

His name was Rico, he wore a diamondHe was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing thereAnd when she finished, he called her overBut Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the barAnd then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in twoThere was blood and a single gun shotBut just who shot who?

At the Copa, Copacabana (Copacabana)The hottest spot north of Havana (here)At the Copa, CopacabanaMusic and passion were always the fashion

At the Copa....she lost her loveCopa, Copacabana

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirlBut that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a showNow it's a disco, but not for LolaStill in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hairShe sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blindShe lost her youth and she lost her TonyNow she's lost her mind!

At the Copa, Copacabana (Copacabana)The hottest spot north of Havana (here)At the Copa, CopacabanaMusic and passion were always the fashion

At the Copa... don't fall in love(Copa) Don't fall in loveCopacabana, Copacabana, Copacabana

Song “If You Were Gay” – good to teach the second conditional

Are you a Jellicle cat?

Use the song “Jellicle Cats” from the musical “Cats” to work on question formation

Songs with used to

I WILL SURVIVEGloria Gaynor

It took all the strength I had not to fall apartKept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heartAnd I spent, oh, so many nights just feeling sorry for myselfI used to cry, but now I hold my head up highAnd you see me, somebody newI'm not that chained up little person still in love with you

THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUNDMadonna

This used to be my playgroundThis used to be my childhood dreamThis used to be the place I ran toWhenever I was in need of a friendWhy did it have to end?

LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TOTanya Tucker

 

We used to be each other's inspirationWhen it only took my touch to turn you on

So love me like you used toWhen our love was brand newAnd darling when we're throughYou can love me againAnd hold me like you want toInstead of like you have toLove me like you used to love meWhen you used to love me

THE WAY THINGS USED TO BECory Morrow

 The way things used to be Wasn’t so long ago for meThe way things used to be Wasn’t so long ago for me

I USED TO LOVE HERGuns and Roses

I used to love herBut I had to kill herI used to love herMm, yeah But I had to kill her I had to put her six feet under And I can still hear her complain

And now it’s time for a story!

A love story!

Now they see each other again... And it all comes back...

A man and a woman were in love 18 years ago.

Song “S.O.S” from “Mamma Mia”

Play the lines that contain “ used to” and have students write them. Then sing along.

Relative clausesSong: You’re the One That I Want

‘Cause the power you’re suplying is electrifying.

‘Cause the power you’re suplying is electrifying.

‘Cause the power is electrifying. You’re suplying the power.

‘Cause the power that you’re suplying is electrifying.

‘Cause the power (that) you’re suplying is electrifying.

Danny: I’d better shape up ‘cause you need a man

Sandy: I need a man who can keep me satisfied

Danny: I’d better shape up ‘cause you need a man

Sandy: I need a man who can keep me satisfied

Sandy: I need a man. The man can keep me satisfied

Sandy: I need a man who can keep me satisfied

You’re the one that I want (You are the one for)Ooh ooh ooh, honeyThe one that I want (You are the one for)Ooh ooh ooh, honeyThe one that I want (You are the one for)Ooh ooh oohThe one I need (What I need)Oh, yes indeed (Yes, indeed)

You’re the one. I want you.

You’re the one who I want.

You’re the one that I want.

You’re the one I want.

The one I need

You’re the one. I need you.

You’re the one who I need.

You’re the one that I need.

You’re the one I need.

The one I need

Guess it’s better to sayGood bye to youGood bye to youGood bye to youGood bye to youOh, oh, oh

Good bye, baby (Good bye, baby)So long, darlingGood bye to youGood bye to youOh, oh, oh

Thank you!

Carlos Gontow

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