mercredi 6 avril 2011

Lyrics Training : improve your English through music !

Hi everyone!

Today, I recently discovered a new website I want to share with you : Lyrics Training. Listening music has never been so helpful for school !

With Lyrics Training, you can improve your foreign language skills like Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, French and obsviously English. Learning a new language doesn't have to be boring, especially with Lyrics Training. The concept is quite simple : you choose one song among hundreds of them (but the choice should grow)and while listening and watching the videoclip , you have to fill the blanks (=missing words of the song) by taping them on your keyboard.


By the way, you can select three levels of difficulty : Beginner, Intermediate and Expert (I advice you to begin with Intermediate because I found Beginner level quite easy for our english level). If you are really skilled in english, Expert level is yours : you have to find ALL the lyrics of the song (and don't cheat please). Don't worry, the videoclip will stop if you're not fast enough to tape the lyrics. Moreover, you can replay the videoclip as you want.

There's more good points about Lyrics Training : indeed, at the end of the song, you get a score (like in video games) and you can compare yourself with users from different countries who have already tried this song. The faster you've been, the better your score will be. Unfortunately, I saw that there's not a lot of French people in the top 10.

The suggested songs are often the "Number One on the Charts" but there are also old ones, you have a large choice. Last but not least, you can take part in the website by creating an account. You'll be free to add new songs and see your improvements ! Here's the tutorial :




Now, I let you try it and you'll maybe become addicted of Lyrics Training ! Enjoy !

vendredi 1 avril 2011

Your song – Elton John


It's a little bit ______________ this feeling inside

I'm not one of those who can easily _____________
I don't have much ______________ but boy if I did
I'd buy a big ______________ where we both could live


 If I was a _______________, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the ____________ I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell __________________ this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done

I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

Pour exprimer le conditionnel, on introduit la condition par le mot _______ suivit du verbe au _____________, on utilize l’auxiliare modal __________+ BV pour marquer le conditionel


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