Modelos de atividades com msicas para aulas de lnguas

Profa. Dtda. Isis Ribeiro Berger (Unioeste ampus !o"# $%ere are a lot of creative &a's to use songs in language lessons. (ere are some ideas and suggestions 'ou can use to ma)e 'ou lesson more interesting. Remember* if 'ou are planning to s%o& t%em a video clip+ avoid gap filling activities because t%e students mig%t not pa' attention to t%e tas). $%e' &ill be &atc%ing t%e videoclip. ,# -ap !illing. ,.,. %ec)ing compre%ension

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps: At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my _______ ut then I spent so many ________ !hinking how you did me wrong And I grew _________ And I learned how to get along" * Sometimes it is useful to keep the first letter of the words in order to help the students. ,./. %ec)ing grammar structures and0or vocabular'.

efore you listen to the song, fill in the gaps with the information given# At first I was afraid, I _______ petrified $be % simple past affirmative& Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side ut then I ______ so many nights $spend % simple past affirmative& !hinking how you did me wrong And I grew ________ $the opposite of weak& And I learned how to get along" ,.1. %ec)ing )no&ledge of p%onetics

At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my _______ /sad/ ut then I spent so many nights !hinking how you did me ________ /r/ And I grew _________ /str/ And I learned how to get along"

/# 2rdering sentences to c%ec) compre%ension. Listen to the song and order the sentences in the lyrics# $ '## $ $ $ $ & Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side & At first I was afraid, I was petrified & !hinking how you did me wrong & And I grew strong & ut then I spent so many nights & And I learned how to get along

3) Reading tas) 1.,. Read t%e l'rics for compre%ension (s)imming# (ead the lyrics and choose the sentence that best fits the idea of the song# At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side ut then I spent so many nights !hinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong And I learned how to get along" $ & )he cannot live with her man anymore# $ & )he is going to the gym to be strong# $ & )he is sad, but she knows she can overcome her sadness# 1./. Read t%e l'rics for information (scanning# (ead the lyrics and answer the *uestions about it: At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side ut then I spent so many nights !hinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong And I learned how to get along" a& +ow did she feel as her man left her, b& -id she instantly recover after her man left her, '#'# Introducing ne& structures0topics from t%e song At first I &as afraid, I was petrified 3ept thinking I could never live without you by my side ut then I spent so many nights !hinking how you did me wrong And I gre& strong

And I learned how to get along" All the verbs in bold are irregular# .hat do they mean, .hat are their infinitive forms, 4# %ec)ing listening accurac'

a) Listen to the song and tick the word you hear: At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my (site/ side) ut then I spent so many nights !hinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong And I learned how to get ( along / alone) b) Listen to the song and correct the words in bold# At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never survive without you by my side ut then I spent so many nights !hinking how you did me sad And I grew tall And I learned how to get along" / !hese activities are very suitable for songs like hip hop or others with speed## 5) 5inging for fun6 At last, a song can be used for training pronunciation and having fun at the end of a language lesson# A good suggestion is to use )arao)e#