Songs to Learn English for Beginners
How can songs help you learn English? Read this blog post!
Click on the title of each song below to view the video.
Months
Released in 1979 by the German reggae group.
Theme: Months of the year
Present Simple
Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Released in 1967 by the American Jazz musician
Theme: common nouns, colours
Released in 1967 by the British pop group.
Theme: Greetings, direct speech
All Together Now by The Beatles
Released in 1969 by The British group.
Theme: Numbers, alphabet, imperatives
Present Continuous
Singing in the Rain by Gene Kelly
Released in 1952 in the Hollywood musical of the same name
Theme: Weather, emotions
I Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin
Released in 1968 by the American Soul singer.
Theme: Daily routines
Released in 1965 by the American Jazz singer
Theme: Natural world
Past Simple
You Are My Sunshine by Elizabeth Mitchell
Released in 2002 by the American singer-songwriter (first released in 1941 by Bing Crosby)
Theme: emotions
Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
Released in 1988 by the American Jazz Singer
Theme: Worries
Note: ‘Ain’t’ is ‘isn’t’, ‘aren’t’ or ‘am not’ in standard English. ‘Cause’ is short for ‘because’. ‘The landlord say your rent is late’ in standard English ‘the landlord says/said your rent is late’.
