Songs
My former site had about 91 songs on it. Typically each post had a link to the video, the lyrics translated literally, and an attachment with a gapfill exercise. Sadly, the sites were changed and I did not migrate them in time to do this smoothly. It will take some time to restore them!
Meanwhile (and perhaps this may be enough ...!) - this spreadsheet lists songs which I have used with my French classes. There are more to come, including links to online exercises I have created using TeachVid and Textivate. I have put examples below the spreadsheet.
The columns are as follows:
Artist - usually full name
Title - song title
Date - approximate date (I found these in seconds via ChatGPT - they may not be totally accurate)
Topic - my own judgement of topic - most of them are 'relationships' unsurprisingly!
Language - if I have selected song for a specific language reason, I write it here
Resource link - link to a document in my Google drive. Usually (but not always) French / translation / gap-fill exercise
Video - usually referenced in document, but UI hope to get around to putting direct link here.
Hope someone finds this useful!
I have written a blogpost with some ideas for other singers which may appeal to teachers and/or students here.
Thanks to Caroline Grant for inspiring me to do this! All the best to her lucky students!
I now have a subscription to TeachVid and have created resources which can be adapted for any level of langauge learner. They are a great way to learn authentic language.
