Students are continuously asking me to play music. So one day I carefully looked for lyrics with an enriching message, words easy to understand and a melody performed by a singer with a powerful voice. There it was, shining as pristine as Venus in her seashell: Beautiful, by Christina Aguilera. I removed some of the words in order to prepare the typical fill-in-the-gaps lyrics.
Learners' first reaction was that the tune looked like "music for old geezers". However, most of them completed the activity and showed the result proudly.
One of them had an additional proposal: "Teacher, now that we have all completed the assignment, you should reward us with a song that we actually like!"
So a song chosen by you, most probably about sexual depravity and/or drugs? Not in this dimension, my dear!
Photo of Christina Aguilera for the promotion of Fighter.
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