Celebrate Halloween in your ESL class with this great 2013 song, True Blood by Justin Timberlake. These song lyrics include 17 examples of halloween-related vocabulary & expressions: expiration, night, feeding, body, demon, to raise hell, evil, devil in the flesh, spirit, come alive, true blood, screaming, coffin, thrill, fever, bones, bite. Notice: This song lasts…
Practise the interrogative in the ESL classroom with this uplifting, feel-good LGBT anthem, Are you coming out? by Alan Smith Robertson. The lyrics of this song include 10 examples of the interrogative and it also allows teachers to address LGBT issues as a transversal topic: This song comes with a PDF worksheet and is also…
Discover “Murphy’s Law” with your ESL students with this song, Ironic, by Alanis Morissette. The lyrics of this song contain eleven different examples of situations which we could define as “Murphy’s Law”. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, which includes practising the first conditional with your…
Celebrate christmas in your ESL class with this classic song, All I want for christmas is you by Mariah Carey. These song lyrics include 15 examples of christmas-related vocabulary: christmas, presents, christmas tree, stocking, fireplace, Santa Claus, toy, christmas day, snow, mistletoe, North Pole, Saint Nick, reindeer, sleigh bells & Santa There is a suggestion…
Celebrate Halloween in your ESL class with this classic 80’s song, Thriller by Michael Jackson. These song lyrics include 17 examples of halloween-related vocabulary: beast, blood, corpse, creature, creatures, darkness, demons, evil, ghoul, ghouls, horror, hounds of hell, midnight, mortal, possess, soul, terror, terrorize, the dead & tomb There is a suggestion on how to…
Practice the topic of “music” in your ESL class with this song, Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine. This song’s lyrics contain the following 17 music-related vocabulary words: stereo, to beat, listen, note, radio, turn up, melody, sing along to…, record, to play [music], tracks, to sing, tune, boombox, turn the volume…
“In an Emergency Room” is a song written for English teachers to use in the ESL classroom to practise the topic of health and medicine and it comes with an easy-to-use worksheet! The lyrics of this song include the following 22 different examples of health & medicine-related vocabulary: ambulance, blood, death, to die, disease, doctor,…
Are your ESL students obsessed with football? Surprise them with this electrifying song- Give it your All by Alan Smith Robertson- and practise some sport & soccer-related vocabulary! This song includes 21 examples of sport and soccer-related vocabulary: to attack, ball, to beat, beaten, champion, to cheer on, to defeat, to defend, fans, to fight,…
Practise the topic of transport & travel in your ESL classes with this song, Where Boats Belong by Alan Smith Robertson. These song lyrics include the following 24 travel-related vocabulary words: van, boat, bus, lorry, car, motorbike, plane, port, road, compass, travelling, miles, accident, travels, car crash, adventures, explored, return, came back, drove, towed away,…
Celebrate Halloween in your ESL class with this classic song, the Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett. These song lyrics include 11 examples of halloween-related vocabulary: eerie, monster, graveyard, vampires, ghouls, zombies, wolfman, dracula, Igor, coffin & Transylvania There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more…
Practice the topic of health, medicine & drugs in your ESL class with this song, Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd. The medical vocabulary and expressions which appear in these song lyrics are: to be feeling down, ease your pain, get you on your feet again, relax, can you show me where it hurts, pain, fever,…
Practice the topic of money in your ESL class with this song, Girls & Boys by Good Charlotte. These song lyrics, which deal with how materialistic our society has become, includes the following money-related vocabulary: money, foot the bill, to pay, paper or plastic, shopping sprees, come with a fee, nothing for free, in a…
Practice the topic of social equality in your ESL class with this song, Fortunate son by Credence Clearwater Revival. To see suggestions on how to use this song in class, click here. Lyrics Some folks are born made to wave the flagOoh, they’re red, white and blueAnd when the band plays “Hail to the chief”Ooh,…
Practice the topic of war & peace in your ESL class with this song, War (what is it good for?) by Edwin Starr. The war-related voclabulary in this song’s lyrics are: war, destruction of innocent lives, tears, to fight, lose their lives, the undertaker, enemy, mankind, unrest, to die, to shatter dreams, disabled, bitter, mean,…
Practice the topic of science with this song, the theme of the TV series “Big Bang Theory” by Barenaked Ladies. These song lyrics include 18 examples of the science-related words & expressions: universe, earth, autotrophs, neanderthals, math, science, big bang, dawn of man, galaxy, elements, bipeds, dinosaurs, Pangea, stars, Australopithecus, viruses, astronomy & Einstein. To…
Practice the topic of the environment in your ESL class with this song, Saltwater by Julian Lennon. The lyrics of this song include the following 10 words related to the natural world: rock, sun, sky, mountain, desert, moon, forests, world, ocean & mars To see suggestions on how to use this song in class, click…
Practice the topic of “the environment” in your ESL class with this song, Earth Song by Michael Jackson. The nature-related vocabulary which appear in this song’s lyrics are: sunrise, rain, fields, earth, world, flowering fields, seas, heavens, nature, planet, animals, elephants, whales & forest trails To see suggestions on how to use this song in…
Practice the topic of “school subjects” in your ESL class with this song, Wonderful World by Sam Cooke. The 10 school subjects and other school-related vocabulary that appear in this song’s lyrics are: algebra, an A student, book, biology, French, geography, history, science, took (took a subject) & trigonometry There is a suggestion on how to use this…
Practice the second conditional in your ESL class with this song, If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé, a song about gender equality. The lyrics of this song contain multiple 2nd conditional phrases describing the many ways Beyonce’s life would be different if she were a boy. There is a suggestion on how to use…
Practice questions in your ESL class with this Christmas song, Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade. These song lyrics include 10 examples of the interrogative in the present continuous (are you hanging…? are you waiting…? are you sure…? are you hoping…?) in the present simple (does he ride…? does he turn…? do they keep…? does your…