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Learning through songs

Like in any other language, songs are part of the cultural aspect of each country. In teaching and learning processes, songs contain multiple linguistic elements that may help students to learn the target language. Most of the students increase their motivation when they realize that they learn words or expressions through this type of materials. That's why teachers should explore songs trying to get the best of them.

Aprendiendo a través de las canciones

Las canciones como elemento cultural son un medio de expresión de la lengua. A través de ellas, los aprendientes organizan combinaciones de palabras e intentan imitar los sonidos que escuchan. Algunas de ellas tienen mayor chispa en el ánimo de quienes las escuchan o interpretan. Como elemento didáctico, las canciones son un repositorio de elementos lingüísticos con un alto grado de efectividad en la consciencia lingüística de los aprendientes. El docente de la lengua inglesa podría explorar sus contenidos y decidir los elementos específicos que deben ser usados en el salón de clase.

TIP: Anota en un papel la letra en ingles y en español y practícala cada que puedas, verás que fácil es aprender.
Good luck! (Buena suerte!)

Teachig with the help of songs (click here)

The following site presents most of the aspects a teacher or a student could consider in order to make songs more relevant.

El siguiente sitio te mostrará diversos aspectos relacionados al uso de las canciones como modelo de aprendizaje.

Scroll the site / coloca el cursor en la barra de deslizamiento del siguiente sitio.

Many songs, lyrics and exercises are available in the following site. Check it out!

Para encontrar canciones visita el siguiente sitio.

LITTLE LULU song

La traducción en este caso será un tanto literal y en otras ocasiones debe hacerse de manera conceptual, es decir comprensible. Ya que no siempre debe hacerse la traducción palabra por palabra.
La canción “Little Lulu” la utilizaremos para incrementar nuestro vocabulario. Recuerda que el uso del diccionario te ayudará en todo momento.
Las definiciones que aquí pondremos van de acuerdo al contexto. Por ejemplo si checas en tu diccionario la palabra “smart” en la línea 6, y la palabra “matter” en la línea 7, encontrarás más de una definición para ellas.

I use the following melody for:

developing pitch and intonation

linking of words

repeating words and expressions

learning vocabulary

Lyrics

1. Oh, Lulu!

2. Little Lulu, Little Lulu, with freckles on your skin

3. Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in!

4. Using daddy's necktie for the tale of your kite.

5. Using mommy's lipstick for the letters you write!

6. Little Lulu, Little Lulu, there's no one quite as smart

7. Doesn't matter what you doing? You're doing it with your heart!

8. Shining girls are dancing, there's a sparkle in your eye.

9. When can we look forward to your next surprise?

10. What a surprise!

11. Though the clock says 7:30, it's really after 10

12. Looks like Lulu's been repairing it again

13. Though you're wild, you know it’s true, Lu

14. And you're very hard to take

15. Little Lulu, we love you just the same (the same)

16. Little Lulu we love you, Lu

17. Just the same.

18. Lulu!

Traducción al español
1. Oh. Lulu!
2. Little Lulu, little Lulu, con pecas en tu piel
3. Siempre con y sin problemas, pero más con!
4. Usas la corbata de tu papá como la cola de tu papalote
5. usas el labial de tu mamá para las cartas que tú escribes
6. Little Lulu, Little Lulu, Nadie es tan astuta como tu
7. ¿No importa lo que estés haciendo? Lo estás haciendo con el corazón.
8. Niñas encantadoras están bailando, hay una chispa en tu ojo
9. ¿Cuándo podrás deleitarnos con otra sorpresa?
10. ¡Que sorpresa!
11. Aunque el reloj marca las 7:30, en realidad son más de las 10
12. Parece que Lulu lo ha estado reparando otra vez
13. A pesar de que eres muy entusiasta, sabes que es verdad, Lu
14. Y eres muy difícil de entender
15. Little Lulu, te queremos tal como eres
16. Little Lulu, te amamos, Lu
17. Así como eres

If I can’t have you

(Si no te puedo tener)

La siguiente canción es de mis favoritas, porque prácticamente se usa la traducción literal.Esta canción la utilizaremos para aprender vocabulario con gramática implícita. Me gustaría que al escucharla pongas mayor atención a las frases que aquí extraje. Estas expresiones te ayudarán para ir consolidado soltura en la forma de pronunciar, en la fluidez, en el reconocimiento del significado, y en la gramática sin tener que quebrarte la cabeza.

With this song:

work the implicit grammar

learn vocabulary and expressions

use the auxiliary "can" in the form of "can't"

learn about linking

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU (Lyrics)

Don't know why I'm surviving every lonely day

When there's got to be, no chance for me

My life would end, and it doesn't matter how I cry

My tears of love are a waste of time

If I turn away, am I strong enough to see it through?

Go crazy is what I will do

If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby

If I can't have you, ah, ah, ah, oh

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody baby

If I can't have you, ah, ah, ah

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try. I gave it all so easily to you my love

To dreams that never will come true

Am I strong enough to see it through?

Go crazy is what I will do If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby

If I can't have you ah, ah, ah, oh

If I can’t have you, I don´t want nobody baby

If I can't have you, ah, ah, ah

Translation of expressions (Traducción de expresiones)

1. Don't know why. (En realidad a esta expresión le falta el sujeto “yo” que en inglés es “I”. I don’t know why significa “No se porque”)

2. I'm surviving (“Estoy sobreviviendo”)

3. every lonely day (“cada dia sin tí”, esta traducción es figurativa)

4. My life would end (“mi vida terminaría”)

5. and it doesn't matter how I cry (“Y no importa cuanto llore” presente simple en uso hacia futuro)

6. My tears of love are (mis lágrimas de amor son)

7. a waste of time. (En traducción figurativa significa “en vano”. Traducción literal “Una perdida de tiempo”)

8. If I turn away, am I strong enough to see it through? (¿Si me alejo, Soy lo suficiente mente fuerte para terminarlo?)

9. Go crazy (Enloquecer)

10. If I can't have you, I don't want nobody (si no puedo tenerte, no quiero a nadie)

11. It doesn't matter how I try (no importa como lo intente)

12. I gave it all so easily to you (lo di todo muy facilmente para ti)

13. To dreams that never will come true (para los sueños que nunca se realizarán)

Esta canción también nos permite aprender expresiones que son muy usadas en la vida diaria. En esta ocasión solo traduciremos las que debemos aprender.

Escucha su pronunciación y ensayalas.

1. I beg your pardon (Te ruego me disculpes)

2. I never promise you a rose garden (Nunca te prometi un jardín de rosas)

3. When you take, you gotta give (cuando tomas, tienes que dar) Take: agarrar/tomar

4. So live and let live (así que vive y deja vivir)

5. Or let go (o deja que se vaya)

6. I could promise you things like big diamond rings (podría prometerte cosas como anillos con grandes diamantes)

7. So you better think it over (así que mejor piensalo dos veces)

8. But what would it matter? (¿pero que importaría)

9. So, smile for a while and let´s be jolly (asi que, sonríe por un momento y seamos felicez?

10. Love shouldn't be so melancholy (el amor no debería ser tan triste)

11. Come along and share the good times while we can (reunámonos y compartamos los buenos tiempos mientras podamos)

12. I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon (podría cantarte una melodía y prometerte la luna)

13. And you know what I'm talkin' about (y tu sabes de que estoy hablando)

ROSE GARDEN BY LYNN ANDERSON

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live,
Or let go, I beg your pardon,

I never promised you a rose garden.

I could promise you things like big diamond rings,
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover.
So you better think it over.

Well, if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true,
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter,
But what would it matter?

So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon,
But if that's what it takes to hold you,
I'd just as soon let you go, but there's one thing I want you to know.

You better look before you leap, still waters run deep,
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out,
And you know what I'm talkin' about.

So smile for a while and let's be jolly:
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.

ITSY, BITSY, TEENIE, WEENIE, YELLOW POLKA-DOT BIKINI

She was afraid to come out of the locker

She was as nervous as she could be
She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was afraid that somebody would see
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the locker she wanted to stay
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

She was afraid to come out in the open
And so a blanket around she wore
She was afraid to come out in the open
And so she sat bundled up on the shore
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the blanket she wanted to stay
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Now she's afraid to come out of the water
And I wonder what she's gonna do
Now she's afraid to come out of the water
And the poor little girl's turning blue
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the water she wanted to stay
(From the locker to the blanket)
(From the blanket to the shore)
(From the shore to the water)
Yes, there isn't any more

TRANSLATION TRADUCCIÓN

She was afraid to come out of the locker (Ella tenía miedo de salir del locker)
She was as nervous as she could be (Ella estaba nerviosa a más no poder)
She was afraid to come out of the locker (Ella tenía miedo de salir del locker)
She was afraid that somebody would see (Tenía miedo de que alguien la viera)
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore (2, 3, 4, dile a la gente que es lo que ella traía puesto)

It was an itsy-bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini (era un diminuto, pequeñisimo, que casi ni se nota, bikini con puntos amarillos)
That she wore for the first time today (que ella se puso el primer día)
An itsy-bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the locker she wanted to stay (Así que en el locker, ella solo quería estar)
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more (2, 3, 4, quedate cerca, te contaremos más)

She was afraid to come out in the open (Ella tenía miedo de salir)
And so a blanket around she wore ((pore so se cubría con una sabana)
She was afraid to come out in the open
And so she sat bundled up on the shore(y se sento a toda carrera en la orilla de la playa)
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the blanket she wanted to stay
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Now she's afraid to come out of the water (Ahora eslla tiene miedo de salir del agua)
And I wonder what she's gonna do (y me pregunto que ira a hacer)
Now she's afraid to come out of the water
And the poor little girl's turning blue (y la pobrecita niña se esta poniendo azul)
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

Time after time

Time after time. (Una y otra vez)

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick and think of you
Caught up in circles
Confusion is nothing new
Flashback, warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcase of memories
Time after

Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear
What you've said
Then you say, "go slow"
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

Chorus:
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I will be waiting (I'll be waiting)
Time after time

After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows
you're wondering if I'm OK
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time

You say "go slow"
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

Time after time
Time after time

TIP: Anota en un papel la letra en ingles y en español y practícala cada que puedas, verás que fácil es aprender. Good luck! (Buena suerte!)

LITTLE LULU song

I use the following melody for:

developing pitch and intonation

linking of words

repeating words and expressions

learning vocabulary

Lyrics

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​IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU (Lyrics)

I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden. Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live, Or let go, I beg your pardon,

I never promised you a rose garden.

I could promise you things like big diamond rings, But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover. So you better think it over.

Well, if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true, I would give you the world right now on a silver platter, But what would it matter?

So smile for a while and let's be jolly Love shouldn't be so melancholy. Come along and share the good times while we can.

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

​

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon, But if that's what it takes to hold you, I'd just as soon let you go, but there's one thing I want you to know.

You better look before you leap, still waters run deep, And there won't always be someone there to pull you out, And you know what I'm talkin' about.

So smile for a while and let's be jolly: Love shouldn't be so melancholy. Come along and share the good times while we can.

ITSY, BITSY, TEENIE, WEENIE, YELLOW POLKA-DOT BIKINI

She was afraid to come out of the locker

She was as nervous as she could be She was afraid to come out of the locker She was afraid that somebody would see Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini That she wore for the first time today An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini So in the locker she wanted to stay Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

She was afraid to come out in the open And so a blanket around she wore She was afraid to come out in the open And so she sat bundled up on the shore Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini That she wore for the first time today An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini So in the blanket she wanted to stay Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Now she's afraid to come out of the water And I wonder what she's gonna do Now she's afraid to come out of the water And the poor little girl's turning blue Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

TRANSLATION TRADUCCIÓN

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini That she wore for the first time today An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini So in the blanket she wanted to stay Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

TIP: Anota en un papel la letra en ingles y en español y practícala cada que puedas, verás que fácil es aprender.
Good luck! (Buena suerte!)

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU (Lyrics)

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live,
Or let go, I beg your pardon,

I could promise you things like big diamond rings,
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover.
So you better think it over.

Well, if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true,
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter,
But what would it matter?

So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon,
But if that's what it takes to hold you,
I'd just as soon let you go, but there's one thing I want you to know.

You better look before you leap, still waters run deep,
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out,
And you know what I'm talkin' about.

So smile for a while and let's be jolly:
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.

She was as nervous as she could be
She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was afraid that somebody would see
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the locker she wanted to stay
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

She was afraid to come out in the open
And so a blanket around she wore
She was afraid to come out in the open
And so she sat bundled up on the shore
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the blanket she wanted to stay
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Now she's afraid to come out of the water
And I wonder what she's gonna do
Now she's afraid to come out of the water
And the poor little girl's turning blue
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the blanket she wanted to stay
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more