Music Websites

Web-based Resources for English Language Teaching & Learnin
Leslie Opp-Beckman, University of Oregon

Articles  

Reasons for Using Songs in the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Schoepp-Songs.html

• "Songs have become an integral part of our language experience, and if used in coordination with a language lesson they can be of great value. Fortunately, with the expanding prevalence of the Internet and specifically the World Wide Web into both the classrooms and lives of students, access to music and lyrics has been made easier. This paper will focus on the reasons for using songs by demonstrating their effectiveness as a learning tool." 

Musical Activities for Young Learners of EFL
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Cakir-MusicalActivities.html

• "It has been said that children have a natural musical taste and that play is the only activity that they take seriously. If this is so, teachers should not let song practice or any activity seem like work. They should keep it spontaneous. This has been shown to apply even to language teachers." 

Songs, Verse and Games for Teaching Grammar
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Saricoban-Songs.html

• "Grammar teaching has often been regarded as a structure based, formal activity. In order to make a grammar lesson effective, beneficial, and interesting a teacher should use some well-developed and fascinating techniques in the classroom. In this paper, the examples of such integrated sources and techniques -- the use of songs, verse, games, and problem solving activities -- will be clarified and several examples will be provided."

Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites  

E.S.L. Through Music Website
http://www.geocities.com/ESLmusic/

• Teachers are provided with the tools which they need in order to foster the acquisition of English through music. 

English Listening Room
http://www.manythings.org/el/

• Listen to folksongs and fill in the blanks.  

Songs for Teaching
http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/

• Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum to students of all ages.  We bring you some of our favorite ideas for using the magic of music in your lesson plans. 

Teaching Language with Music
http://gs.fanshawec.on.ca/tlwm/

• This page is dedicated to all teachers of second or other languages who like to use music -- and especially popular songs -- to enliven, enhance, and invigorate their classes.  

Directories 

ESL Through Music
http://www.caslt.org/resources/english-sl/classroom-resource-links-music_en.php

• From Canada, a directory of web sites for incorporating music in the classroom.

For other kinds of directories, also see:  

Lyrics.com
http://www.lyrics.com.

• It's a bit ad-intensive, but you can use it to find lyrics to songs by subject area or by the artist's name.  

TESL Songs from Internet TESL Journal (I-TESL-J)
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/TESL/Songs/

• Music and song-related links from a wide variety of sources.

Using Music in the Adult ESL Classroom
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl%5Fresources/digests/music.html