LEARNING
ENGLISH
WITH
SONGS
Vocabulary
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Reading by Beyzanur Ural
INTRODUCTION
Everybody likes to listen to songs.
Have you ever taught about it will be
useful for you to learn English? This
book was prepared for you to learn
English by lyrics. .I have a good new,
there is no grammatical item in this
book! I just want you tolearn english
in a fun way. After seeing the
activities in the book, you will
understand how fun English learning is.
I even made a video about it! Go to
link to watch:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=yZqpzScLD4M If you want to
listen it from Britney Spears, go to
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have fun! :)
W HICH SONGS W ILL W E USE?
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THEME 1: VOCABULARY
WITH SONGS
Songs are beneficial to
learn new words. In
this unit, we will learn
new words with
"Falling To Pieces" by
Sia, "Russian Roulette"
by Rihanna and
"paradıse" by
coldplay.. read the
lyrıcs and try to
understand the words'
meanıng. Then we'll do
exercises. Good luck :)
SIA- FALLING TO PIECES
A shot in the dark
A past lost in space
Where do I start?
The past and the chase
You hunted me down
Like a wolf, a predator
I felt like a deer in the lights You
loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine But
I can't compete with the she wolf
who has brought me to my
knees
What do you see in those yellow
eyes?
'Cause I'm falling to
pieces I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
Did she lie and wait
Was I bait, to pull you in
The thrill of the kill You
feel, is a sin
I lay with the wolves
Alone, it seems
I thought I was part of you
To listen to this song, go to:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=PVzljDmoPVs
RIHANNA- RUSSIAN
ROULETTE
Take a breath, take it deep
Calm yourself, he says to me If
you play, you play the key Take
the gun, and count to three I'm
sweating now, I'm moving slow
No time to think, my turn to go
And you can see my heart,
beating,
You can see it through my
chest I'm terrified but I'm not
leaving, no
I know that I must pass this
test
So just pull the trigger (trigger,
trigger, trigger)
Say a prayer, to yourself
He says, close your eyes
Sometimes it helps
And then I get, a scary thought
That he's here, means he's never
lost As my life flashes before my
eyes I'm wondering will I, ever see
another sunrise?
So many won't get the chance to
say goodbye
But it's too late to think of the
value of my life
To listen to this song:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=ZQ2nCGawrSY
COLDPLAY- PARADISE
When she was just a girl she
expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep and
dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, para-para-
paradise, para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
When she was just a girl she
expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
and the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night
she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night
away she'd fly
And dream of para-para-
paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
She'd dream of para-para-
paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
And so lying underneath
those stormy skies
She'd say, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I know the sun must set to
rise"
This could be para-para-
paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be para-para-
paradise
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
To listen to this song:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=1G4isv_Fylg
It is the end of the theme 1.
Now, go to the link and solve
the quız.
Good luck! :)
https://b.socrative.com
/teacher/#import-
quiz/34585580
THEME 2: SPEAKING
WITH SONGS
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT
SONGS ARE PERFECT FOR
SPEAKING? In this THEME, we'll
do SPEAKING activitiY and use
lyrics to do it. We'll use "Somewhere
Only We Know" by Keane AND
DISCUSS A STORY WHICH WAS
WRITTEN WITH LYRICS OF THIS
SONG. GOOD LUCK! :)
KEANE- SOMEWHERE
ONLY WE KNOW
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of
my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river, and it made me
complete
Oh, simple thing, where have
you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need
something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let
me in
I'm getting tired, and I need
somewhere to begin
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking
at me
Is this the place we used to
love?
Is this the place that I've been
dreaming of?
Oh, simple thing, where have
you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need
something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna
let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need
somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute, why
don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we
know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
To listen this song
https://www.youtube.com /watch?
v=Oextk-If8HQ
There is a story which was written with the lyrics
of "Somewhere Only We Know". Read the story
and discuss the questions.
Discuss
How was the story? Did you like it?
Do you think that lyrics was used
correctly? Why?
Which lyrics of the song would you
add to the story? Why?
What is the "simple thing" that goes
on constantly in the story?
Did you like the end of the story?
Why?
What does the phrase "Somewhere
Only We Know" evoke to you?
What kind of story would write
with these lyrics?
THEME 3: LISTENING
WITH SONGS
IN THIS THEME, WE'LL DO
LISTENİNG EXERCISES. NOW, I'LL
GIVE YOU THE LYRICS OF
"FIREWORK" BY KATY PERRY AND
"WHATAYA WANT FROM ME" BY
ADAM LAMBERT, BUT THERE WILL
BE BLANKS and ı won't gıve all the
lyrıcs of the songs. YOU SHOULD
LISTEN TO SONGS AND FILL-IN
THE BLANKS. GOOD LUCK! :)
KATY PERRY-
FIREWORK
Do you ever __ like a plastic bag
Drifting thought the __
Wanting to start __
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a __ of cards
One blow from caving in
Do you ever feel __ buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a __,
Do you know that there's still a __ for
you
'Cause there's a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it __
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July' Cause
baby you're a firework Come on
__'em what your worth Make 'em
go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you __ across the sky-y-y
Baby you're a firework
Come on let your __ burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down
down down
To listen to this song:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=KLc5qNAzLaM
ADAM LAMBERT-WHATAYA
WANT FROM ME
Hey, __ it down
What do you want from me
What do you want from me
Yeah, I'm __
What do you want from me
What do you want from me
There might have been a
time I would give __ away
(Ooh) __ upon a time
I didn't __ a damn
But __ here we are
So what do you want from me
What do you want from me
Just don't ___ up
I'm ___ it out
Please don't give in
I won't let you ___
It __ me up, need a second to
breathe
Just keep coming around
Hey, what do you want from me
What do you want from me
To listen to this song:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=X1Fqn9du7xo
NOW, GO TO THE LINK TO
SEE THE ANSWER KEY.
https://www.spiderscribe.
net
/app/?edd9c99900daf108a
a1cf838c7de4098
THEME 4: WRITING
WITH SONGS
Using lyrics is one of the best
ways to write something. In this
unit, we'll use "somewhere over
the raınbow" by ız. you'll read ıt's
lyrıcs, then WE HAVE A
WRITING EXERCISE about ıt.
also I have a short video for you.
you'll wrıte somethıng about ıt
too! good luck :)
IZ- SOMEWHERE
OVER THE RAINBOW
Somewhere over the rainbow, way
up high
And the dreams that you dream of,
once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow,
blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dream of,
dreams really do come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far
behind me.
Where trouble melts like lemon drops,
High above the chimney top,
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the
rainbow, bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to
Why, oh why can't I?
I see trees of green, red roses
too
I watch them bloom for me and
you
And I think to myself, what a
wonderful world
Well I see skies of blue, and I
see clouds of white
The brightness of day, I like the
dark
And I think to myself, what a
wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow, so
pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people
passing by
I see friends shakin' hands,
sayin' 'How do you do?'
They're really say I, I love you I
hear babies cryin', and I watch
them grow
They'll learn much more than
we'll know
And I think to myself, what a
wonderful world
To listen to this song:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=fahr069-fzE
1-) There is a w ord cloud w hich w as
created w ith the lyrics of "Som ew here
Over The Rainbow ". W rite a story w ith
these w ords. Use at least 10 of them .
2-) There is a video about the
im portance of songs in ELT.
W atch the video and w rite w hat
you think about the video and
send e-m ail to m e.. You can w
rite anything you w ant, just run
your im agination! :) Use the link
below to w atch it. Good luck!:)
https://drive.google.com /open?
id=1a5Z2utopR_uofP W-
Q2oXWhP-vvgDWT_h
THEME 5: READING
WITH SONGS
readıng the lyrıcs of the songs ıs
benefıcıal to develop
readıng skılls. In this theme, we'll
use "7 Years" by Lukas Graham.
This song is like a story. You'll
read the lyrics and solve the quiz
about it. Good luck! :)
LUKAS GRAHAM- 7
YEARS
Once I was seven years old
my momma told me
Go make yourself some
friends or you'll be lonely
Once I was seven years old
It was a big big world, but we
thought we were bigger
Pushing each other to the limits,
we were learning quicker
By eleven smoking herb and
drinking burning liquor
Never rich so we were out to
make that steady figure
Once I was eleven years old
my daddy told me
Go get yourself a wife or you'll
be lonely
Once I was eleven years old
I always had that dream like my
daddy before me
So I started writing songs, I
started writing stories
Something about that glory just
always seemed to bore me
'Cause only those I really love
will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old,
my story got told
Before the morning sun, when
life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old
I only see my goals, I don't believe in
failure
'Cause I know the smallest
voices, they can make it major
I got my boys with me at least those
in favor
And if we don't meet before I leave, I
hope I'll see you later
Once I was twenty years old,
my story got told
I was writing about everything, I saw
before me
Once I was twenty years old
Soon we'll be thirty years old, our
songs have been sold
We've traveled around the world
and we're still roaming
Soon we'll be thirty years old
I'm still learning about life
My woman brought children for
me
So I can sing them all my songs
And I can tell them stories
Most of my boys are with me
Some are still out seeking glory
And some I had to leave behind
My brother I'm still sorry
Soon I'll be sixty years old, my
daddy got sixty-one
Remember life and then your life
becomes a better one
I made a man so happy when
I wrote a letter once
I hope my children come and
visit, once or twice a month
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I
think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children
who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old
To listen to this song:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=LHCob76kigA
GO TO THE LINK AND
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
GOOD LUCK! :)
https://www.edmodo.com/post/669886781/ My
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