Tune into English April-May 2018 from Fergal Kavanagh
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We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the 4th April, 50 years ago. This song was the theme of the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. King quoted from it in his final sermon. The worksheet was submitted by regular contributor Mena Bianco from Naples, who also wrote the worksheet for Pride (In the Name of Love) / MLK, U2’s songs dedicated to Dr. King.
R. City feat. Adam Levine – Locked Away (Map It version)
The 63rd Eurovision Song Contest will be held on the 12th May in Lisbon. A collection of lyric videos for all Eurovision winners has been added to www.tuneintoenglish.com
Wake Me Up – Avicii
The music world was shocked by the sudden death of Swedish DJ Avicii late last month – regular contributor Mena Bianco has prepared a crossword grammar review activity for his 2013 hit Wake Me Up. This was the closing track of 2014-2015 Tune Into English Roadshow
– you can see a video here.
Volare – Dean Martin
Despite only finishing third in the 1958 contest, 60 years ago, Volare can probably claim to be the most commercially successful Eurovision song of all time. This low-level worksheet uses pictures and a puzzle for Dean Martin’s partly English-language version of Domenico Modugno’s Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu. This was a favourite in the the 2007 to 2009 Tune Into English Roadshow – you can see a video here.
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Most of the worksheets have been written by your colleagues – perhaps you have prepared one and want to share it.
This month’s video looks at Pronunciation and the Phonetic Chart using the song FourFiveSeconds by Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - you can preview it here.
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Map It! is a supplementary text for the 2018 course book Twenty-One for the lower secondary school, published by De Agostini Scuola, with the song activities written by Tune Into English. This lesson is not featured in the text and is exclusive to this site.
The Roadshow was presented to over 1,500 students in three days at Portici’s Cinema-Teatro Roma at the end of March – you can see clips from the Media/Superiore and Primary shows online, as well as feedback from this year’s show. The tour returns to Spain this month, as well as to Lazio, Campania and Sardinia - I look forward to meeting you and your students!
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