Using songs in the classroom
The lyrics (or words) of popular songs make interesting language texts for use in the classroom. They can be treated as texts for comprehension, for linguistic analysis or for literary analysis. As texts, songs are interesting because most do not follow the structural patterns of normal writing. Often their structure is closer to speech. They are great for practising pronunciation and they are also a lot of fun!
English webpages related to songs
http://www.kididdles.com/
It is a webpage in which teachers can find many resources related to music in the English classroom. There are songs for kids, lyrics of the songs to print, christmas songs, free printable sheets of music and songs, different grades...
http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.html
Excellent webpage to select songs related to different topics such as: mathematics, science songs, languages, early childhood songs, seasons and holidays, special education songs, animated educational songs, reading and language arts songs, social studies songs, general education songs, the fine arts, life skills songs and music plays and operas.
http://www.supersimplesongs.com/
This is the best webpage for English teachers related to songs. There are very nice songs for kids that teachers can use in the English classroom. You can find different resources to use songs in class and also the lyrics of them. There are also songs for different levels that are selected in three different cds. Enjoy this area because it is a good discovered.
http://www.freeabcsongs.com/
This is a webpage in which you can find lots of interesting traditional English songs and also famous ones. The songs are also classified in different grades, so you can know which are better for each level.
