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Welcome to our 'ESL Songs for Teaching English' worksheets section, where you'll find a lot of free lesson materials that English teachers can use with their class for musical English lessons.
Our growing collection of teacher-tested ESL songs worksheets contains all-time favorites such as 'I Saw Her Standing There' or 'Yesterday' (as well as many other songs sung by the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Gloria Gaynor, Bon Jovi) and also relatively new songs that are successfully used by ESL teachers.

Teaching English with songs helps learners provides a lot of opportunities for a creative teacher. Songs are a great way to practice intonation and stress, spelling and pronunciation, they are wonderful subjects for debate or discussion, are great for specific vocabulary practice, group singing practice. It is advised that when selecting an ESL song the teacher should look for one with functional English, plenty of common and useful phrasal verbs, clear and natural examples of comparative and superlative use, question words, reported speech. For the post-listening stage we also recommend some creative writing activities or a whole class discussion.

Generally, students love to listen to songs during their English lessons.

 

If the song was selected properly, they are also very willing to participate in the after-listening activities such as gap-fills, concept questions, discussions or creative writing. 

It is very important to select the right song.

You must also be totally aware of why you're selecting this or that song and what specific & useful ESL context it has for your students. Do not choose songs just because YOU like them: it's a good idea to do some subtle research asking your class about their music tastes before you come up with a musical lesson!

If you're new to teaching English through songs, we have prepared several articles that will help you get started and will teach you the basics. Please see these articles here: 'Teaching ESL With Music: Creative Ideas For The Classroom', 'How To Teach Using Songs', and 'Classroom Songs: 16 Creative Ways'.

At the moment we have 404 worksheets specifically designed to go with ESL Songs For Teaching English, as well as other useful resources for teaching English through songs, such as printable handouts, teacher tips, etc.
See our most recent ESL Songs lesson plans, or navigate through the menu at the top of every page to locate the worksheet you are looking for for this or that particular lesson. One excellent example is this song worksheet which you can use for intermediate learners studying phrasal verbs. It is based on the pop song “Breakaway” by Kelly Clarkson which may appeal to your middle and high school students.

ESL Songs – Music to my ears

Songs are often used for listening activities in ESL classrooms. They add some variety to lessons by shifting focus away from the textbook and give students the opportunity to listen to an unfamiliar voice. This really helps them improve their listening skills but it is important to find songs that are slow enough for students to catch individual words or else they may become frustrated. As an ESL teacher, you probably speak at a slower than normal speed during your lessons which is great when students are learning new material but could hinder their ability to communicate effectively in real life situations. Using songs will give them some practice and while challenging, can be fun too. Songs can also be used for pronunciation practice but usually only young learners can be encouraged to sing a long.

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Song Worksheet: Song Worksheet: "Haven't Met You Yet" by Michael BubleFill in the blanks activity. Great song, people of all ages like it. Good to work Present Perfect Tense and Phrasal Verbs. I gave it to my Teen students and they sang along. Goog vocabulary with m ...
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Song Worksheet & Household Waste Management Lesson Plan: Down By The River Song Worksheet & Household Waste Management Lesson Plan: Down By The RiverAn hour long lesson on Household Waste Management, using the lyrics and music of the song 'Down By The River'. These activities in this handout stretch listening, speaking, comprehension and writi ...
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Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
 
Song Worksheet: Killing Me Softly by The Fugees Song Worksheet: Killing Me Softly by The FugeesTEACHER’S NOTESLEVEL : PRE/UPPER- INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR: PAST SIMPLE/PASSIVE /ADJECTIVESNOTES: QUITE A SIMPLE LISTENING ACTIVITY WITH THE PAST SIMPLE 1. BEFORE LISTENING: STUDENTS READ THE ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Song Worksheet: Breakfast At Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something Song Worksheet: Breakfast At Tiffany's by Deep Blue SomethingA fill in the gaps worksheet for the song "breakfast at Tiffany's" by the American band from the 90s Deep Blue Something. It became popular in Spain at the end of 2011 thanks to an ad by a clothin ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Song Worksheet: Hey Soul Sister by Train Song Worksheet: Hey Soul Sister by TrainShort reading section about the band's history with some comprehension questions.Students then have to match some vocabulary to their definitions.Students then listen to the song 'Hey Soul Sister' ...
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Elementary
 
Songs and Phonetics: Limp Bizkit - Eat You Alive Songs and Phonetics: Limp Bizkit - Eat You AliveHello, this is another activity dealing with phonetics symbols, this time it is a song from one of my favourite bands Limp Bizkit, the song is called Eat you alive. Students have to complete the l ...
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Song Worksheet: Always by Bon Jovi Song Worksheet: Always by Bon JoviI used this song with pre-intermediate and intermediate students to revise grammar: 1, 2 conditional, time clauses and the tenses - mainly the present ones. The students first put the verbs in bra ...
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Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Song Worksheet: Ain't Got No Life by Nina Simone Song Worksheet: Ain't Got No Life by Nina SimoneThis song by Nina Simone has been designed in order to practice the parts of the body. I used it with pre-intermediate students after a review of this kind of vocabulary to get the pupils be used ...
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Pre-Intermediate
 
Song Worksheet: Nothing Else Matters by Metallica Song Worksheet: Nothing Else Matters by MetallicaA classic song worksheet for you rock-lovers! I used this song with teenagers, and they really enjoyed it. It features a mixture of activities: fill-in-the-gaps, ordering paragraphs, answering que ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Song Worksheet: Rolling In The Deep by Adele II Song Worksheet: Rolling In The Deep by Adele III devised this song worksheet for a 14-year-olds class, and they loved it! I have used a song that they're listening to all the time, so it's very motivating. At the same time, it includes a fair ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate
 
Song Worksheet: I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith Song Worksheet: I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by AerosmithThis is a perfect worksheet to go further with music, sometimes we tend to just play the song along, but with this worksheet you might get your students involved in more than just filling the gaps ...
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Pre-Intermediate
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