Lots of people love singing songs but not all of them understand that that singing can be an effective way of learning English. As for me I am a fan of singing and I use my hobby to learn the English language. Today I want to give you advice how to organize your learning process with English songs. It is not a secret that more than a half of all songs all over the world are in English and it’s really great for us as we can use them while learning English. I do not know why by it always a pleasure for me to sing songs in English and learn new words and expressions I meet there. I love watching MTV and when I find a new song I love I go to GOOGLE and enter the title of this song and singer’s name. So using GOOGLE I find the scripts for this song. Then I go to YouTUBE and find there a video clip for this song. That’s all, after that I have everything to practice this song, I listen to it and sing it. If I do not know any word meaning I can use my English dictionary and continue my English lessons.
So you can start your day with singing and you will be surprised to understand that there is no sense in lots of songs in English.
You are right! Music is a great way to learn English, or any language. The internet makes it easy and affordable too. Youtube has almost EVERY song known to man on it and like you mention, you can find the lyrics to almost every song with Google.
You can also learn specific grammar with certain songs. For example I show how to learn the SECOND CONDITIONAL with a song by the Barenaked Ladies, “If I had a million Dollars”. In the music section of my website I have a couple other songs teaching phrasal verbs and common expressions too. Check it out by clicking the following link.
http://www.helping-you-learn-english.com/second-conditional.html
Your blog has lots of great articles to help people improve their English. Keep up the great work!
All the best,
Diana Tower
http://www.helping-you-learn-english.com
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