Teaching language through music can be extremely useful for your ESL kid if she struggles to pick up dialects, phonics and articles—all while remembering the vocabulary and concepts she's learned in the lyrics. "Music positively affects language accent, memory, and grammar as well as mood, enjoyment and motivation," says Jon Weatherford Stansell, an educator from the University of Illinois. So find your favorite artists, turn up the melodies and check out these tips for teaching English linguistics over the airwaves.