Play music at the beginning of the lesson to set the tone for the lesson, as well as to welcome your students into the class.
Play background music during lessons in which you have students engaged in interactive activities such as role play.
Play two songs, and have students write how the songs make them feel. Then, have them compare ideas.
Choose a song that is appropriate for your students' learning level. Pick 10 to15 words from the song.
Write each word on an A4 sheet of paper using a marker. Use one sheet for each word.
Hang the written words randomly on the wall using blue tack.
Divide the students into three or more competing teams. Team members will each take turns in this exercise, so have them decide who goes first, second and third.
Have the first team members stand a short distance away from the words hanging on the wall.
Play the song, and have them listen for one of the words on the wall. As soon as they hear the word, they should race to the wall and grab the paper with the word.
Repeat the exercise until all of the hanging words are taken. The team with the most correct words at the end wins.
Choose a song that is appropriate for your students' learning level. Print out one copy of the song's lyrics. You can either write your own lyrics or find the song's lyrics online (see Resources below).
White out one or more words from each line in the song, leaving a blank space. Make copies of this sheet and give one to each student.
Play the song and have the students listen carefully to the lyrics. Have them fill in the blank spaces with the correct words as they listen.
Let them listen to the song two to three times. Check their work and make corrections, and then play the song once more.
You can expand a musical lesson with a gap-fill by having the students brainstorm what happened before or after the song was written. This can be done either as a role play or as written homework.