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  • Hi Bob the Canadian here.

  • Music can be a great way to learn English and to practice English.

  • In this video I'll give you my ten tips for using music to help you learn English.

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  • video is helping you learn English.

  • Well in this video we're going to talk about music videos and how you can use them to help

  • improve your English.

  • I'm gonna give you ten tips, ten things that I learned about using music to learn

  • a language while I was learning to speak French.

  • But they'll all work for you as you learn English.

  • So let's take a look at them.

  • Number one.

  • Pick a song that you really like.

  • It doesn't have to be a song where you know all the words.

  • It should be a song that speaks to you, that means something to you, a song maybe that

  • has a catchy beat.

  • Because remember repetition is the key to language learning.

  • So pick a song that you're going to be able to listen to over and over and over again.

  • Pick something that you like.

  • Number two.

  • You should pick a song that tells a story.

  • If you pick a song that tells a story, it will help you learn things that you'll be

  • able to use in everyday English conversations.

  • If you pick a song that tells a story it will help you learn new vocabulary and it will

  • be easier to remember because you'll be able to connect the new words, the new vocabulary,

  • to the story.

  • And if you pick a song that tells a story, it will simply be easier to remember because

  • you'll be learning new words in context.

  • You'll be learning new words as part of the story.

  • So number two, pick a song that tells a story.

  • Number three.

  • Print out the lyrics, that's the words to the song, on paper.

  • I know it's easier to just read them on your computer, but you should print out the

  • words of the song on paper so that you can attack the vocabulary.

  • Underline all of the words that you don't know, circle all of the words that you don't

  • know, or highlight all of the words that you don't know.

  • Don't try to understand the song when you read it for the first time, just attack the

  • vocabulary that is not familiar to you.

  • Once you've done that, look up all of the words that you don't know in an English

  • dictionary or in a French-English dictionary, or Spanish-English dictionary, or a Chinese-English

  • dictionary, whichever language that you are coming from.

  • Tip number four.

  • Memorize all of the new vocabulary that you just identified.

  • Notice we're not even listening to the song yet.

  • We are still working with understanding the words and lyrics.

  • So memorize all of the words that you identified in step three.

  • Make flashcards, take pieces of paper and write the English word on one side and your

  • word on the other side, or simply write them out a whole bunch of times.

  • Maybe write out the words you don't know ten times with their meaning.

  • If you can avoid writing the meaning of the word in your own language.

  • If you are able to draw a small picture that will help you remember the meaning of the

  • word, that will be more powerful than learning what it means in your own language.

  • So that's number four, memorize all the new vocabulary.

  • Tip number five.

  • Now that you've looked up the words, read over the song lyrics, the words of the song,

  • two times.

  • As you read each line, as you read each sentence and word, try to picture in your mind what

  • is happening in the story of the song.

  • Try to picture what's happening between the characters in the story of the song.

  • Read slowly, read carefully, and read for understanding.

  • So that's tip number five, read over the lyrics of the song.

  • Tip number six.

  • Now we're going to watch and listen to the song on Youtube.

  • But before you do, go to the settings of the Youtube player and slow the song down to point

  • seven five.

  • Slow the song down to three quarter speed.

  • It will still be enjoyable to listen to, it will still be enjoyable to watch, but you'll

  • be able to understand the words of the song a lot better at this speed.

  • What you want to do is to listen to the song once while reading the lyrics, then listen

  • to the song one more time at three quarter speed, slowed down, with your eyes closed.

  • Tip number seven.

  • This very similar to tip number six, but now you want to listen to the song at normal speed.

  • So go to the settings on the Youtube player and put it back to normal speed.

  • And now listen to the song once while reading the lyrics.

  • When you're done that then close your eyes and listen to the song one more time at normal

  • speed.

  • Tip number eight.

  • This is very similar to tip number six and number seven.

  • At this time you want to increase the speed to one point two five.

  • You want to go to the Youtube player and increase the speed of the song and now you want to

  • listen to it again two times, the first time through read along with your lyrics sheet,

  • while you're listening to the song at a faster speed.

  • And then rewind and listen to the song one more time at 1.25 speed, at a faster speed,

  • with your eyes closed.

  • Trying to imagine all of the things that are happening in the song.

  • Tip number nine, and this is the easiest one.

  • Listen to the song all the time.

  • Put the song on your smartphone.

  • Listen to it while you're going for a walk.

  • Make sure you can listen to it while you're driving your car.

  • Play the song over and over again until the English lyrics, the English words make sense

  • to you without you even needing to think in your native language.

  • You'll probably have to listen to the song, twenty, thirty times, maybe more but hopefully,

  • like in step one I recommended, you've picked a song that you really really love.

  • And so this shouldn't be a problem.

  • Tip number ten is basically, pick a new song and repeat the whole process.

  • Find another song with lyrics that you want to learn, jump all the way back to tip number

  • one and start the whole process again.

  • You can do it!

  • Well, hey, that's ten tips on how to use English music videos, English songs to help

  • you learn English.

  • If you don't mind in the comments below, why don't you leave a comment telling me

  • about your favourite kind of music?

  • My favourite kind of music?

  • Rock'n Roll.

  • Classic Rock.

  • I love music from the 70's.

  • So please leave a comment with your favourite kind of music.

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  • Bob the Canadian here.

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  • Thank you so much for watching this video and have a great day.

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