Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Sing and investigate task

Here's the instructions for this task I've used with recent class blogs.

(It's a good idea to register with karaokeparty beforehand and let's your students use your login: that way they have access to al the songs on the site.)
  • Choose a song that you like in English and search for it on youtube
  • Go to this karaoke page. See if you can find the song you chose. Get a set of headphones with a mike and sing along to it. (If your song's not there, choose another.)
  • Check out if the singer or group you chose is on myspace and also if there's an entry on wikipedia
  • Create a new post. Using the information you've found, write about what you think is interesting about the history of your singer/group. Say why you think they have been successful. Put it in your own words - no copying and pasting! Don't forget to give your post a title.
  • Write a comment on your classmates' posting: say what you think is interesting about the lives and music of the singers/groups they chose.
Here's an example of the results.

English with the Finglies

The web site for my CD-ROM designed for primary children learning English

The British Council in Bilbao

The web site gives you information, amongst other things, about our Talks for teachers