1. High notes for lower levels
Using songs to teach lower level ESL students
by Nora Jung

2. Outline Introduction Input from audience Discussion of songs
Some Internet resources
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3. ESL Adult literacy juggling act
Work /Play
Serious pictures / Cute pictures
Grammar / Easy vocabulary
Available Material
Using Songs in the Classroom

4. Reasons for Using Songs in the Classroom
Practice
vocabulary /idioms
language point
speech patterns
pronounciation
Add
relaxed atmosphere
fun to learning
Improve
listening skills
fluency
reading
grammar
Introduce
new theme /topic
vocabulary /idioms

5. It's raining; it's pouring
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed and bumped his head,
And he couldn't get up in the morning

6. Reading / Writing & Nursery rhymes
It's raining; it's pouring.
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed and bumped his head,
And he couldn't get up in the morning

7. Do you know the muffin man The muffin man, the muffin man
Who lives on Drury lane ?
Yes we know the muffin man
Who lives on Drury lane

8. A Tisket, A Tasket
A-tisket, a-tasket,
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love,
And on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it,
And, on the way I dropped it.
A little boy picked it up,
And put it in his pocket

9. Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, And eyes and ears and mouth and nose, Head shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

10. Adult education
for adults
by adults

11. A green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my love,
A Tisket, A Tasket
A-tisket, a-tasket,
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love,
And on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it,
And, on the way I dropped it.
A little boy picked it up,
And put it in his pocket
Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket

12. Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket
A tisket a tasket, a brown and yellow basket
I sent a letter to my mommy,
on the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it,
yes on the way I dropped it
A little girly picked it up
and put it in her pocket
She was trucking on down the avenue
with not a single thing to do
She went pick, pick, picking all around
when she spied it on the ground

13. She took it, she took it, my little yellow basket
and if she doesn't bring it back
I think that I will die
A tisket a tasket, I lost my yellow basket
and if that girly don’t return it
I don’t know what I’ll do
Oh dear I wonder where my basket can be?
(so do we, so do we, so do we)
Oh gee! I wish that little girl I could see.

14. with that basket of mine? That itty bitty basket was a joy of mine
Oh why was i so careless
with that basket of mine?
That itty bitty basket was a joy of mine
A tisket, a tasket I lost my yellow basket
Won’t someone help me find my basket
And make me happy again
(Was it green?) No no no no
(Was it red?) No no no no
(Was it blue?) No no no no
Just a little yellow basket
A little yellow basket

15. Summertime – George Gershwin
Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But until that morning There's a'nothing can harm you With your daddy and mammy standing by Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry

16. Grammatical correctness
gonna = going to
wanna = want to
gotta = got to
I ain't = I am not / I'm not
it ain't = it is not / it isn't
'cause = because
comin’ = coming
Don’t know = I don’t know

17. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart
So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmas,
I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyajahmas
For we know we need each other so we
Better call the whole thing off
Let's call the whole thing off.
You say laughter and I say larfter
You say after and I say arfter
Laughter, larfter after arfter
Let's call the whole thing off,
You like vanilla and I like vanella
You saspiralla, and I saspirella
Vanilla vanella chocolate strawberry
Let's call the whole thing off
Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat,
For you like this and the other
While I go for this and that,
Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh I don't know where I'm at
It looks as if we two will never be one
Something must be done:
You say either and I say either,
You say neither and I say neither
Either, either neither, neither
Let's call the whole thing off.
You like potato and I like potahto
You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto.
Let's call the whole thing off

18. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart
So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjamas,
I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyjamas
For we know we need each other so we
Better call the whole thing off
Let's call the whole thing off.
You say laughter and I say laughter
You say after and I say after
Laughter, laughter after, after
Let's call the whole thing off,
You like vanilla and I like vanella
You saspiralla, and I saspirella
Vanilla, vanilla chocolate strawberry
Let's call the whole thing off
Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat,
For you like this and the other
While I go for this and that,
Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh I don't know where I'm at
It looks as if we two will never be one
Something must be done:
You say either and I say either,
You say neither and I say neither
Either, either neither, neither
Let's call the whole thing off.
You like potato and I like potato
You like tomato and I like tomato
Potato, potato, tomato, tomato.
Let's call the whole thing off

19. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat,
For you like this and the other
While I go for this and that,
Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh I don't know where I'm at
It looks as if we two will never be one
Something must be done:
You say either and I say either,
You say neither and I say neither
Either, either neither, neither
Let's call the whole thing off.
You like potato and I like potato
You like tomato and I like tomato
Potato, potato, tomato, tomato.
Let's call the whole thing off
But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart
So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjamas,
I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyjamas
For we know we need each other so we
Better call the whole thing off
Let's call the whole thing off.
You say laughter and I say laughter
You say after and I say after
Laughter, laughter after, after
Let's call the whole thing off,
You like vanilla and I like vanilla
You saspiralla, and I saspirella
Vanilla, vanilla, chocolate, strawberry
Let's call the whole thing off

20. Donovan - Colours Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,
In the morning, when we rise,
In the morning, when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.
Blue is the colour of the sky,
Green is the colour of the sparkling corn,
Mellow is the feeling that I get,
When I see her, m-hmm,
When I see her, oh yeah.
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.
Freedom is a word I rarely use,
Without thinking, m-hmm,
Without thinking, oh yeah.
Of the time, of the time,
When I've been loved.

21. Suppertime by Johnny Cash
Many years ago in days of childhood I used to play till evening time would come
Still winding down that old familiar pathway I hear my mother call at setting sun
Come home come home it's suppertime the shadows lengthen fast
Come home come home it's suppertime we're going home at last
Some of the fondest memories of my childhood are woven around suppertime
When mother used to call from the back steps of the old home place
Come on home now son it's suppertime my how I'd love to hear that once again
But you know time has woven for me a realization of truth that's even more thrilling
That someday we'll be called up to gather around the supper table up there
For the greatest suppertime of them all with our Lord
I can almost hear the call now coming from the portals of heaven
Come home son it's suppertime come on home
Come home come home...
Come home come home it's suppertime the shadows lengthen so fast 9

22. 500 Miles - Peter, Paul & Mary
If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Lord I’m one, lord I’m two, lord I’m three, lord I’m four,
Lord I’m 500 miles from my home.
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I’m five hundred miles from my home.
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord I can’t go home this way
This way, this way, this way, this way,
Lord I can’t go home this way.
If you miss the train I’m on you will know that I am gone

23. 500 Miles - Peter, Paul & Mary
If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Lord I’m one, lord I’m two, lord I’m three, lord I’m four,
Lord I’m 500 miles from my home.
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I’m five hundred miles from my home.
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord I can’t go home this way
This way, this way, this way, this way,
Lord I can’t go home this way.
If you miss the train I’m on you will know that I am gone

24. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
Yesterday- The Beatles +lyrics
Beatles - Yesterday with lyrics
500 Miles - Peter Paul and Mary
Five Hundred Miles with lyrics
500 miles - The Hooters
500 miles with lyrics ***
Popsicle Toes (Michael Franks ukulele cover)

25. Scarborough Fair with lyrics - Hayley Westenra
Donovan – Colours
Scarborough Fair with lyrics - Hayley Westenra
Ella Fitzgerald "SUMMERTIME" George Gershwin 1968
Sam Cooke - Summertime(w/ Lyrics)
Wonderful world (Sam Cooke)
Johnny Cash - Suppertime THP 1958

26. Some Internet resources
ESL Through Music
Musical English Lessons International
AzarGrammar.com Classroom Materials
Song for Teaching
English Grammar Songs

27. using songs in the esl classroom
ESL Songs, Lyrics, and Books
Learn a Song
TESL: Songs
BBC - CBeebies - Something Special - Songs
Songs LearnEnglish Kids - British Council