Here are 2 songs about a lemon tree. The first one is from an American folk music group called Peter, Paul and Mary. The second one is by a German pop group named Fools Garden. Try listening to the videos first without looking at the lyrics. How much did you understand? Now look at the lyrics (the words to the song) and listen to the song again.
Lyrics
Lyrics
PS - I had a question about the name Fools Garden? What does it mean? I don't know for sure why the band picked this name. It might have a specific meaning to them. Often bands like to pick names that sound interesting. This is a German band and in Europe people refer to the area behind their house that has grass and flowers and other plants in it as a garden. In the United States we call this a yard. A fool is someone who acts silly or is not very smart. The band used to be called Fool's Garden. With an apostrophe the meaning is a garden belonging to a fool. But later they removed the apostrophe and now go by Fools Garden. This changes the name to mean a garden that has fools in it.
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Baseball Song
Yesterday we talked about how a baseball game is played. One team bats and the other team plays in the field, then they switch. After each team takes a turn at bat we call this an inning. A baseball game is made up of 9 innings. Nine innings can take a while to play so we have a special tradition called the 7th inning stretch. After the 7th inning everyone watching the game stands up and sings a special song together called Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Learn English with Music - The Doors
http://englishbrno.cz/en/2012/02/learn-english-with-the-doors/
Just came across this website talking about learning English with music. It has video clips and lyrics from the 1960's band The Doors. Check it out!
Just came across this website talking about learning English with music. It has video clips and lyrics from the 1960's band The Doors. Check it out!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Learn English with Music
Listen to me read this post
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
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
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