Using Songs to Teach English

Sing Along

Listening to songs, singing them aloud and trying to remember phrases and words help your students to increase their vocabulary and intonation.

In this website http://www.lyrics.com/, for example, you can find lyrics and watch popular videos.  The good thing about this website is that you can sort the songs by country so that you can also know what has caught on in each country and get to know more about their culture as well.

http://es.jango.com/  is a free radio where you can listen to any song and watch the corresponding video.

In smart lyrics http://www.smartlyrics.com/  students can listen to popular songs and keep an eye on the lyrics. 

Music is always fun to listen to, so why do not use it as a tool to improve one student’s skills. Here is a website where students can listen to their favorite songs and fill in the blanks the missing words. 
http://lyricstraining.com/ This tool is actually very entertaining; besides, the student will improve his or her listening skills while having fun.