Are You Learning English? These Songs May Help
05 January 2011
Cookie Monster, left, with a Japanese girl at an event in Tokyo.
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
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Songs teach language. Consider a song like "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega. An American teaching English overseas once told us that students love it.
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Recently we asked people on Facebook to suggest other songs that English learners might like.
Noemi Nito wrote:
I'm one of those English students who love "Tom's Diner." I started learning English with "Lemon Tree" by Fool's Garden.
Another person, Asi Tambunan, suggested the song "God Only Knows" by Orianthi.
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Gyongyi Jako wrote that
ABBA's songs from Sweden are perfect for class work. Also, the Beatles and John Lennon, as well as Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World."
Paul Cifuentes says
Bob Marley's songs are amazing for teaching.
But another teacher, Joseph Deka, says songs by Johnny Cash have always worked in his classroom. He says his students can hear the words, plus the songs often have stories. But he says young children love "C Is for Cookie" by Cookie Monster from the TV show "Sesame Street."
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Aurelio Lourenco Costa Gusmao says he began to like English after his teacher played the Westlife song "I Have a Dream":
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