January 2021 – Planet Earth is blue…

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Dear Teacher,

A very Happy New Year. Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear.

The Tune Into English Game Show

This is the ideal motivator for your students in these difficult times – you can watch video extracts from the show here, and see students’ comments here. I look forward to meeting you and your students virtually this year!

The Tune Into English Interactive Online Game Show
See videos from all Roadshow tours, from 2005
Three Roadshows available online
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“The best ESL experience ever!” – Prof.ssa Antonella Porcu, Liceo Scientifico “G. Spano”, Sassari

January’s New Downloadable Worksheet

Do What You Can – Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles

This song, written by John Bon Jovi with fans on social media during lockdown, is a tribute to workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regular contributor Maria Gulczynska, Ancona, has prepared a worksheet focussing on vocabulary and mindfulness.

– Over 365 Downloadable worksheets now online
– Download complete list of online worksheets

Most of the worksheets have been written by your colleagues – perhaps you have prepared one and want to share it?

The Tune Into English Diaries

The 2021 Diego Maradona Diary joins the library of Tune Diaries, which includes QueenThe Beatles, John Lennon, David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, now available on Amazon, with a fact for every day and full discography and touring history, as well as the pocket editions. These can be purchased with the Carta del Docente.

I made this video to celebrate being on the back cover of December’s Speak Up.

La Canzone Come Strumento Didattico Nell’Acquisizione Dell’Inglese Come Lingua Straniera

Congratulations to Selene Infantino who graduated in December from the University of Trieste with a thesis exploring the use of songs in English language learning, in which I am honoured to be included. You can read this, and two other ‘Tune’ theses, here.

Also online:

– Over 13,500 Karaoke songs
– Sing along with this week’s UK Top 10 on Speak Up
Notes From An ELT Consultant – free to Supporters of the site!
Once – 48-page Film Worksheet
Summer schools in Ireland
The Tune Into English T-shirt
Ten Years of The Tune Into English Roadshow – the book
Tune Into English on YouTube
Tune Into English on facebook
tuneintoenglish on Instagram

Thank you to those who have signed up for Tune Into English’s exclusive content, I appreciate your support.

A very Happy New Year – keep singing!

Best wishes, stay safe,

Fergal Kavanagh
www.tuneintoenglish.com
The web’s largest free resource for learning English through pop music!

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