Posts Tagged ‘music’

learning languages with music videos and lyrics

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The lyrics training website lets you choose a Youtube music video and will then play the song together with its lyrics. Depending on the level your choose, it will then remove a number of words which you have to fill in. Quite fun!

lyrics-training

Learning languages through music

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Many teachers use music as a great tool to motivate students and to focus on a wide range of language aspects.

Most students are better than their teachers at finding music online, but not all options are legal and you may not want your students to use your school networks for this type of activity. Online streaming of music is, in most cases, legal, and free software like winamp lets you search for specific artists or songs. Great for teachers who want to build a lesson around a specific song.

Here is a list of streaming audio websites:

www.spotify.com (private beta)
www.deezer.com
www.imeem.com
www.awdio.com (live streams from clubs around the world)
www.chilirec.com (record songs from web radio stations)
www.musicovery.com (play songs based on your mood and taste)
www.ztereo.com
www.mixturtle.com
www.songza.com
www.jiwa.fm

Radio interface:
www.last.fm
www.jango.com

Sweeping the net for mp3:
www.seeqpod.com
www.streampad.com
www.sideload.com
www.hypem.com

Archive and stream your own mp3:
www.anywhere.fm
www.ezmo.com