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What are the favorite pop songs you use with ELL Newcomers?
Pop songs are obviously more engaging to older students than the typical simple English songs that work with younger ones.
The problem is that, though it is fairly easy to find pop songs with choruses that work with Newcomers, it’s not so easy to find full songs that are accessble.
Mine are:
Hello, Goodbye
You Are So Beautiful
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
I’m eager to hear suggestions to add to my list!
Here’s an excellent suggestion:
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley is great for ELLs (note: the Elizabeth Mitchell version is also useful for students to recognize individual words) https://t.co/eE0XLfRVy7
— Maria Cruz (@DrCruzerman) May 10, 2021
With adult learners, I have used “This Land Is Your Land,” “When I’m Sixty-Four” by the Beatles, “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” from the musical Annie, Get Your Gun, “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof, “Maybe” from Annie, “Please Come to Boston,” “Cat’s in the Cradle,” “Working Nine to Five,” “Bad Moon Rising,” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?” and “One Day More” from Les Miserables.(international cast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPpkTgMbhRU. I have also used the site lyricstraining.com.
Definitely Mr. Morton. Past tense. Love. Story. Rap. Has it all. https://eltbuzz.com/video/?video=mr-morton. VOA has a nice list https://resources.eltbuzz.com/3Gj