Earth, Wind & Fire – September Activity types: vocabulary, listening for specific words, gap fill, crossword. Level: Elementary/ Pre-intermediate Grammar: Present simple vs Past simple; Past simple vs Past Continuous Time: 30 mins. Note: Earth, Wind and Fire, from Chicago, achieved worldwide success in the 1970’s. September was released as a single in September 1978 and became […]

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Note: This is a very popular Christmas song. Level: Elementary and Intermediate. Elementary activity written by Caterina Ziliani, Milan Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!

U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love) / MLK Activity types: Discussion; listening for specific words; gap fill; watching videos; reading texts; Internet search Level: Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate Grammar: Tenses review (Pride); Word Function: Nouns/Verbs (MLK) Language: Talking about discrimination and racism; talking about past events; reporting biographies; summarising; making comparisons; expressing opinions Note: Both songs

The Corrs – Only When I Sleep Activity types: Vocabulary, rhyming pairs, gap fill. Note: This was the first single taken from Talk On Corners, The Corrs’ second album, released in 1997. Worksheet written by Prof. Auxiliadora Pérez Vides, Huelva, Spain Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us

U2 – One Activity type: listening for specific words, gap fill. Time: 20 mins. Note: U2 recorded this in 1992 for the album “Achtung Baby” and released it as a single for an AIDS research benefit. Many consider it their best song, and it has regularly features in polls of the greatest song of all

Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart – Old Habits Die Hard Activity type: Vocabulary. Grammar: Present Simple. Level: Elementary. Time: 20 minutes. Note: This is from the soundtrack of the 2004 movie Alfie, starring Jude Law. Dave Stewart (once of The Eurythmics) co-wrote the song, and features on guitar. The song won the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Original

U2 – October Activity types: discussion, rhyming words, phonetics, gap filling, text analysis and comparison Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate Language: Talking about autumn; Predicting; Making hypotheses; Comparing; Expressing feelings and opinions; Giving reasons; Describing historical events; Inferring; Focus on the sound /eə/ Note: October is the title song of U2’s second album October, released in 1981. It was

Shakira – Objection (Tango) Activity type: vocabulary, gap fill, listening for specific words, rhyming words. Time: 40 mins. Note: Objection is taken from Shakira’s 2001 album “Laundry Service”. Its rhythm is similar to the Uruguayan-Argentinian tango La Cumparista, a musical piece written by Uruguayan Gerardo Matos Rodrìguez in 1919. La Cumparista is one of the