A Collection of TESL resources
  • About 'A Collection of TESL Resources'
  • Movie worksheets (main page)
    • Nemo worksheets
    • Shrek 1 worksheets
  • Using Popular Music
  • Using Traditional Songs
  • Phonetics and Pronunciation (main page)
    • Word Stress Workshop
    • Sentence Stress Workshop
    • Stress and Intonation
  • Making Little Books (basic book)
    • Little Books (pop-up card)
    • Little Books (pop-up book)
    • Little Books (on the computer)
    • Examples of Little Books
    • Little Books and Literature
    • Other Types of Handmade Books
  • Teaching Reading
    • Stories for Malaysian Kids
    • Reading - what and why
    • Teaching Phonics in Malaysia
    • 'Sight' reading
    • Reading Aloud
    • Reading Links
  • Learning Games and Activities - click here for ethos
    • Language Description - Typhoon
    • Language Description - Sentence Auction
    • Language Description - Noun Phrase Story
    • Language Description - Phrases and Sentences
    • Language Description - Sentence Types
    • Language development - Alibi
    • Interactive Learning Activities
  • LINKS - for teaching
    • Links - teaching higher levels
    • Links for Using Music
    • Links - English Proficiency
  • Photos (main page)
  • Professional Papers (main page)
    • ELTC Conference 2011
    • MELTA 2011
    • MELTA 2012

Sister Site:

Please follow this link to find more  material to do with teaching Songs and Poetry on our sister site at
Songs and Poetry for ESL.

Using Popular Music workshop (2011)

Here are the slides from the workshop presented firstly as jpeg files - you can click on them to enlarge, or download individually (right mouse, save image as) - and then as a downloadable PowerPoint presentation containing all of the slides.

I have also included the songs that were mentioned in the workshop, along with downloadable Word files containing words and/or worksheets.
using_popular_music.pptx
File Size: 2895 kb
File Type: pptx
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Songs that were used in the workshop:

Each song below has a Sound file (playable here on the site), followed by a downloadable MP3 file (you may need to right-click on the link and choose 'save link as'), a downloadable Word file containing the lyrics, and a downloadable Word file containing a worksheet ('ws').

Walking in the Sunshine

walking_in_the_sunshine.mp3
File Size: 3753 kb
File Type: mp3
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walking_in_the_sunshine_words.docx
File Size: 18 kb
File Type: docx
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walking_in_the_sunshine_ws.docx
File Size: 18 kb
File Type: docx
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Purple People Eater
purple_people_eater.mp3
File Size: 3308 kb
File Type: mp3
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purple_people_eater_words.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
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purple_people_eater_ws.docx
File Size: 21 kb
File Type: docx
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I want candy
i_want_candy.mp3
File Size: 4689 kb
File Type: mp3
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i_want_candy_words.docx
File Size: 18 kb
File Type: docx
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i_want_candy_ws.docx
File Size: 18 kb
File Type: docx
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I turn to you
i_turn_to_you.mp3
File Size: 6058 kb
File Type: mp3
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i_turn_to_you_words.docx
File Size: 18 kb
File Type: docx
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i_turn_to_you_ws.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
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Reach
reach.mp3
File Size: 5844 kb
File Type: mp3
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reach_words.docx
File Size: 18 kb
File Type: docx
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reach_ws.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
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Dixie Road
dixie_road.mp3
File Size: 4864 kb
File Type: mp3
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dixie_road.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
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dixie_road_ws.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
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Some other useful songs:
Friends Forever (Graduation)
friends_forever_graduation.mp3
File Size: 8190 kb
File Type: mp3
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friends_forever_words.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
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friends_forever_ws.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
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You can't roller-skate in a buffalo herd
you_cant_rollerskate_in_a_buffalo_heard.mp3
File Size: 2764 kb
File Type: mp3
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Yakety-yak
yakety_yak.mp3
File Size: 2577 kb
File Type: mp3
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Mr Bass Man
mr_bass_man.mp3
File Size: 3865 kb
File Type: mp3
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Alley Oop
alley_oop.mp3
File Size: 3816 kb
File Type: mp3
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