The purpose of this article is twofold:
I will first provide a theoretical
discussion about listening skills and
YLs, and about songs and YLs in general;
second, I will provide a sample lesson
for what can be called “Listen and
Do” songs for YLs at the beginning
level. These are the songs to which students
physically respond by performing
an action (e.g., a song contains
the words “wake up,” and whenever
students hear “wake up” they perform
an action, such as raising their hands).
Teachers around the world can apply
this lesson to songs of their own choice
to make students active participants in
the listening activity from start to finish.
Following the lesson plan is a short
list of online song resources for teaching
young ESL/EFL learners.