Topics: General English – benefits of music - music preferences
Level: B1 and above
Skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
Link to video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19Fr-_WaXo
Link to infographic: https://www.uagc.edu/blog/how-does-music-affect-your-brain
Link to fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJx73r6I_0
Aims:
To discuss the role music plays in Ss’ lives.
To talk about music preferences.
To rank music types according to students’ preferences.
To make predictions before watching a video.
To listen for gist and for detail.
To develop listening decoding skills.
To express opinion and feelings.
To compare and contrast information from the video and an infographic.
To write a short summary of the lesson takeaways.
Use of language & lexis:
To use different tenses to talk about present and past situations.
To learn / review vocabulary related to music.
To work on pronunciation and connected speech.
To review some connectors for comparing and contrasting,