Use songs to improve listening

 It is time to listen to music!! Who doesn't like listening to music? Ummm I don't know anyone so why not improve listening with songs. 

Let´s go with an example:

And the example song in this case is... 

Yellow submarine by The Beatles.

Firs step:

You will have to listen to the song (without subtitles). Pay attention to the lyrics, then you will have to answer some questions about the song.

Second step:

Please listen to the song again but in this case you can activate the automatically generated English subtitles on Youtube. Now you must try to sing the song out loud practicing the phonetics and pronunciation of the lyrics

Third step:

It is time to answer the following questions ->

-What is the main issue that the song deals with?

-Try to write some of the chorus of the song or the most repetitive phrases.

-Finally, listen to the song again with the subtitles in Spanish and write down the words that you did not know their meaning.

Other songs to practise listening, you can do the same exercise in these songs:

The Beach Boys - Surf´s up

Bob Dylan - Masters of War

The Beetles - Hey Jude

Neil Young - Old Man

Bibliography:

Academic, P. (2017, 28 febrero). Ways of Listening. King’s Training. https://kingstraining.com/ways-of-listening/

Sonidos y Efectos Sin Copyright. (2020, 19 abril). Redoble de Tambores- Sonido Sin Copyright- SyE [Vídeo]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMUlM4D03_0

TheBeatlesVEVO. (2017, 15 diciembre). The Beatles - Yellow Submarine [Vídeo]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2uTFF_3MaA

Cambridge Assessment English. (s. f.). Aprender inglés con canciones | Cambridge English. https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/latinamerica/learning-english/parents-and-children/your-childs-interests/learn-english-through-songs/

Author. (2023, 10 febrero). 10 de las mejores canciones para aprender inglés y su significado. EF English Live España. https://englishlive.ef.com/es-es/blog/consejos-para-estudiar/mejores-canciones-aprender-ingles/