Using songs and music in teaching English.

ESL/EFL Teacher: Asiyat Gukova

Cherkessk “Liceum # 15”

Working with the song “What a wonderful world”

Learning objectives:

1 To develop students skills to make predictions;

2 To develop students listening and speaking skills;

3 To teach students to work cooperatively;

Students’ age: 14-15

Aids required: Print copy of the song “What a wonderful world”, player for audio copy

Activity before listening to the song

1 Try to guess the missing adjectives in the text and fill in the blanks with them

I see trees of------------------, -------------------------roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a ------------------------------------world

I see skies of -----------------and clouds of --------------------------
The --------------------blessed day, the -----------------------sacred night
And I think to myself what a --------------------------- world

The colors of the rainbow so --------------------------in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying “How do you do?”
They're really saying “I love you”

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a --------------------------world
Yes, I think to myself what -----------------------------------world
Oh yeah

Activity while listening to the song

2 Listen to the song, find your mistakes, if any and correct them

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying “How do you do?”
They're really saying “I love you”

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world
Oh yeah

3 Put the parts of the song in the right order:

see them bloom for me and you

I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
And I think to myself what a wonderful world

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

Are also on the faces of people going by
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

They're really saying “I love you”

I see friends shaking hands, saying “How do you do?”

They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow

Oh yeah

Activity after listening to the song

4 Let us sing the song together. Use the print copy of the text provided and sing along while listening to the recording