Learn English with Music

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Some people love music.  They have their headphones on all the time, they download the lastest songs by their favorite groups, and they know all the words to their favorite songs.  They are passionate about music.  Do you know someone like that?  Are you someone like that? 

If you are a music lover, use that passion to help you learn English.

As I've said before, passion helps us stay interested and motivated to keep learning.  And music fits in perfectly with that. 

Music is fun. It doesn't feel like work, it feels more like play.  It can play in the background while we do something else or we can actively listen and read the lyrics at the same time.

Learning English can be stressful but listening to music is relaxing.  If you are relaxed and not stressed you are able to learn better and remember more.   So, even if you are studying an English lesson from a book, playing music in the background, with or without words, can put you in a relaxed frame of mind and help you learn more. 

The internet is full of music sites where you can listen to songs and you can download the lyrics.  In the show notes, I have 2 links to some American traditional songs and children's songs that you can download along with the lyrics.  You can also buy a DVD from the website but that is not necessary you can download the songs for free and listen to them right away. 

Some people say music is not the best way to learn English because some songs use non-standard English, slang and bad words.  Although this is true, there are plenty of songs that use appropriate language such as the ones in the links that I have given you. So, just choose wisely and follow your passion!

This has been Cassie Brenn for fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com.

Show Notes
Traditional Songs to download
Children's songs to download