Using Lyrics as ESL Curriculum

"tblitz32" asks:

this seems like a great idea, but how do you use this in class. how do you implement them for the students to benefit from them?


Good question! Thanks for asking, I should've mentioned this...

First of all, I'm a big proponent of song/lyrics/poem memorization for all students, at every level, as it helps build fluency. I've tried posting a few here for beginning/mid/advanced students.

"Tom's Diner" is a great lesson in prepositions: delete all the prepositions and have students guess which preposition is supposed to go where.

You can also have students write additional verses using "Tom's Diner" as a model template.

You can also erase key words, have students listen to the song and write in the missing word.

Those are just off the top of my head. Any other questions/ideas?

Thanks!

Chris