Today Susanna Zaraysky, author of Language is Music, will explain how to learn English through music!
Would you like to know how to use your favorite music to improve your English?
In this post you’ll get 3 practical tips to do that!
Susanna’s Tips:
- Step 1- Find music that you like. Listen to the lyrics and just enjoy them. Don’t try to understand every word.
- Step 2- Listen to the lyrics. Write down the lyrics that you think you hear and compare your lyrics to the actual lyrics. Try smartlyrics.com to get all of the lyrics for your favorite song, but be careful because the lyrics are written by listeners. They might not be correct and there may be spelling mistakes. Check out Billboard Top 40 to get popular songs now. Choose a song that is older and that has clear lyrics and clear pronunciation.
- Step 3- Go on You Tube to find karaoke versions of your favorite songs. Bring your native speaking friends out to a party and try karaoke with them!
All Ears English Transcripts!
Check your understanding of today’s episode.
Learn the sounds of American English and new vocabulary words.
Great Singers to Try:
- Adele
- U2
- Frank Sinatra
- Ella Fitzgerald
What Songs Should You Avoid?
Avoid rap and hip hop because the singers don’t sing very clearly.
With these songs, you will end up learning and using derogatory language and other forms of slang.
Susanna Zaraysky is an expert on learning languages via music. She is the author of Language is Music ( El Idioma es Música in Spanish), Idioma é música in Portuguese, Легкий способ быстро выучить иностранный язык с помощью музыки in Russian.