Karaoke to teach English!
We have LOADS of karaoke for use in the classroom here. See the links assembled below.
Karaoke is a great tool for any language teacher. It really helps with phonetic recognition (connecting text to speech – reading) and highly motivational. It also is adaptable and you can vary the speed, the context (pictures) , the presentation and even have students record.
Visit this discussion to get Gosing – where you can instantly have a very basic, traditional Karaoke player in your classroom.
The Karafun player is superb. Download it free HERE. Once installed, you have both A PLAYER and an EDITOR. Use the player to play files (.kfn) and the editor to make files. See this presentation and watch how I make a file with; A) an mp3 B) a transcript/lyrics C) a photo (s) . It really isn’t difficult! If it helps, here is a short How to make a Karafun Karaoke file (short).docand a long How to make a Karaoke using Karafun.doc
If you are concerned about royalty free images and don’t want to “google” – use Pics4Learning
On EFL Classroom’s Karaoke page, you can download hundreds of pre-made karaoke files. Also see resources on my institutes site where I have a Making a Karaoke page.
Great ideas. I love the karaoke dialogue, what a fantastic activity!
I tend to use karaoke after using a song for something else, but this stuff is something else.
Many thanks, again!
R
Richard,
You are welcome! One of the few things I take real pride in — motivating many teachers to use more music in their classroom through the power of text to speech. Lots of ways to be / get creative!
Cheers,
David