Possible stages for using a song in a lesson

Remember to make sure there is a linguistic reason for providing the song. See the chart above. It should be parallel to the objective in your lesson. So don't simply choose a song you like, choose a song that focuses on a particular language you want sts to practice.

1. Raise interest in the topic of the song or the group with a visual image or he title.
2. Play the song for a general task such as what the song is about. Ask gist questions.
3. Feedback on the song.
4. Play the song again for a detailed task such as gap filling, or detailed questions.
5. Feedback in pairs, then in open class.
6. Final listen and sing-a-long and student focus on structures and pronunciation.
7. Follow-up activities such as discussing a topic raised by the song.

Ideas for song tasks:

1. Gap fill
2. Reordering lines of the song that you have written out, cut up and shuffled
3. Identifying wrong words from a handout of the song's lyrics (with mistakes)
4. Group response by standing up/raising hands when hearing specific grammatical structures in the song
5. Sing-a-long
6. Put pictures in order (following the story of a song)