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Profa. Dtda. Isis Ribeiro Berger (Unioeste – ampus !o"#

$%ere are a lot of creative &a's to use songs in language lessons. ere

are some ideas and suggestions 'ou can use to ma)e 'ou lesson moreinteresting.

Remember* if 'ou are planning to s%o& t%em a video clip+ avoid gapfilling activities because t%e students mig%t not pa' attention to t%e tas).$%e' &ill be &atc%ing t%e videoclip.

,# -ap !illing

,.,. %ec)ing compre%ension

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps:

“At first I was afraid, I was petrifiedKept thinking I could never live without you by my _______ ut then I spent so many ________ !hinking how you did me wrong And I grew _________  And I learned how to get along"

* Sometimes it is useful to keep the first letter of the words in order to help thestudents.

,./. %ec)ing grammar structures and0or vocabular'

efore you listen to the song, fill in the gaps with the information given#

“At first I was afraid, I _______ petrified $be % simple past affirmative&Kept thinking I could never live without you by my sideut then I ______ so many nights $spend % simple past affirmative&!hinking how you did me wrong

 And I grew ________ $the opposite of weak& And I learned how to get along"

,.1. %ec)ing )no&ledge of p%onetics

“At first I was afraid, I was petrifiedKept thinking I could never live without you by my _______ /sa d/ɪut then I spent so many nights!hinking how you did me ________ /r ŋ/ɑː And I grew _________ /str ŋ/ɑː And I learned how to get along"

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/# 2rdering sentences to c%ec) compre%ension

Listen to the song and order the sentences in the lyrics#

$ & Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side

'## & At first I was afraid, I was petrified$ & !hinking how you did me wrong$ & And I grew strong$ & ut then I spent so many nights$ & And I learned how to get along

3) Reading tas)

1.,. Read t%e l'rics for compre%ension (s)imming#

(ead the lyrics and choose the sentence that best fits the idea of the song#

“At first I was afraid, I was petrifiedKept thinking I could never live without you by my sideut then I spent so many nights!hinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong And I learned how to get along"

$ & )he cannot live with her man anymore#$ & )he is going to the gym to be strong#$ & )he is sad, but she knows she can overcome her sadness#

1./. Read t%e l'rics for information (scanning#

(ead the lyrics and answer the *uestions about it:

“At first I was afraid, I was petrifiedKept thinking I could never live without you by my sideut then I spent so many nights!hinking how you did me wrong

 And I grew strong And I learned how to get along"

a& +ow did she feel as her man left herb& -id she instantly recover after her man left her

'#'# Introducing ne& structures0topics from t%e song

“At first I &as afraid, I was petrified3ept thinking I could never live without you by my sideut then I spent so many nights

!hinking how you did me wrong And I gre& strong

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 And I learned how to get along"

 All the verbs in bold are irregular#.hat do they mean .hat are their infinitive forms

4# %ec)ing listening accurac'

a) Listen to the song and tick the word you hear:

“At first I was afraid, I was petrifiedKept thinking I could never live without you by my (site/ side)ut then I spent so many nights!hinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong And I learned how to get ( along / alone)” 

 b) Listen to the song and correct the words in bold#

“At first I was afraid, I was petrifiedKept thinking I could never survive without you by my sideut then I spent so many nights!hinking how you did me sad And I grew tall And I learned how to get along"

/ !hese activities are very suitable for songs like hip hop or others with speed##

5) 5inging for fun6

 At last, a song can be used for training pronunciation and having fun at theend of a language lesson#

 A good suggestion is to use )arao)e#