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 ESL Through Music Website: Singing English Irregular Verbs
TEACHER'S KIT
 
 
Notes Aplenty -- Singing English Irregular VerbsAnnouncing a new, innovative way to teach those grueling English irregular verb forms!  By singing to contagious rhythms, your students will learn the four verb forms of 58 English irregular verbs, making a total of 242 irregular verb forms!  Well-documented and supported by years of research, this approach to teaching English Irregular verbs has succeeded at teaching irregular verbs to hundreds of students!

WHAT THE TEACHER'S KIT CONTAINS

Singing English Irregular Verbs Teacher's Kit contains:

1.  Teacher Instructions - Teachers are shown step-by-step how to maximize results when using the irregular verb songs.

2.  Student Song Sheets - Song lyrics for all irregular verb songs are included.  Xerox these song lyrics or place them on an overhead projector for your students.

3.  Tape Cassette - Each song has been recorded twice--with and without the vocal portion.  This allows teachers greater flexibility when meeting the special needs of their students.  Have your students sing (and dance) along with the tape!

4.  Research Literature - Read about research which supports the use of music to teach a second language.

HOW TO LISTEN TO A MUSIC SAMPLE

If you wish to hear a 15-seconds sample of an irregular verb song, please wait for a few seconds while the file is loading. When you no longer see any numbers flashing below, press the "play" button. Scroll down to the song lyrics so that you can sing along with the recording!


If the player does not appear or if you cannot hear the sample, your browser may not have the audio plug-in installed. You can manually download the preview file by clicking here (wave, 349 KB).


Words to the Sample Song

  Irregular Verb "Raspa"

Bite . . . bit . . . bitten
Hide . . . hid . . . hidden
Get . . . got . . . gotten
Fall . . . fell . . . fallen		  




WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING

"Let me tell you about your music. I think that it is the best training for studying English."
--Igor Berdichevskiy (from Ukraine)

"Thank you for this music. It's good music and I like to learn irregular verbs with your music. Now I think I know all the irregular verbs."
--Alten Ymeri (from Kosovo)

"I sing your songs when I do the dishes."
--Shahla Khalili (from Iran)

"I feel happy when I sing your song."
--Yelena Chsherbakova (from Kazakstan)

"It's good for learning the verbs better and it's happy for the class."
--Jila Kohan Ano (from Iran)

"I like this music. It is very interesting. We learn irregular verbs in an interesting way."
--Zewdinesh Tsegahun (from Ethiopia)

HOW TO PURCHASE THE TEACHER'S KIT

To receive your copy of the Singing English Irregular Verbs Teacher's Kit or if you have any questions, please click here. We would love to hear from you.