March 2018 – Ed Sheeran Special

Dear Teacher,

Ed Sheeran is the biggest selling artist of recent years and this month we publish two worksheets from his last album, and (appropriately for St. Patrick’s Day), a Speak Up video of an Irish version of Thinking Out Loud – 2018 is Bliain na Gaeilge (The Year of the Irish Language).

March’s New Downloadable Worksheets

Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran
This is the closing song and dance of this year’s Roadshow and was released on St. Patrick’s Day of 2017. This worksheet, by regular contributor Mena Bianco, looks at the Past Simple using a crossword.

Perfect – Ed Sheeran

Published on the site just in time for St. Valentine’s Day, this is Ed Sheeran’s attempt to write the best love song of his career. The worksheet, submitted by Laura Casolaro, looks at pronunciation and also features activities based on the Beyoncé and Andrea Bocelli versions.

– Over 325 Downloadable worksheets now online – including a selection of Irish songs for St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th March, as well as a worksheet for Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud.
– Download complete list of online worksheets
– See important dates in March for more resources.
Most of the worksheets have been written by your colleagues – perhaps you have prepared one and want to share it?

The Tune Into English Roadshow

The Roadshow was reported on in Magenta’s local paper Settegiorni last week – you can read the article and see more feedback on the tour here. The tour will visit five regions of Italy in this month – I look forward to meeting you and your students!

See videos from all Roadshow tours, from 2005
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Primary Show

“The best ESL experience ever!” – Prof.ssa Antonella Porcu, Liceo Scientifico “G. Spano”, Sassari

Teacher Training

It was good to meet so many teachers at the Trinity events in February – I look forward to meeting more of you at the De Agostini Days conferences in Catania and Milan this month – full details are here.

Speak Up Videos – Extracts from the Roadshow

2018 is Bliain na Gaeilge (The Year of the Irish Language), and the 17th March is St. Patrick’s Day – this month’s Speak Up video looks at Ag Smaoineamh Ós Ard by Ed Sheeran – you can preview it here.

– Extracts from the Tune Into English Roadshow (with downloadable lesson plans)
– See all 56 Speak Up Explains videos

Cultural Integration, Research and Workplace Programmes in Ireland

Carlow International English Language School offers exclusive tailored Cultural Integration, Research and Workplace Programmes throughout the school year, with focus also on sport and music. You can read further details here.

Also online:

– Over 11,000 Karaoke songs (including Easter karaoke)
– 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
– Tune Into English on facebook
– tuneintoenglish on Instagram 

Finally, my friend Charles Goodger of FunSongs has written and recorded an excellent song and video called Best For The World, with me listed as Producer! You can see it here.