Introduction:

 

Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's club discussion. We're diving into a popular method many of us use: learning English through music! Listening to songs in English is fun and everywhere, but does it actually help us improve our language skills? Let's share our experiences, opinions, and tips on this topic.

 

To get the conversation started, please consider these questions:

 

1.  Do you believe listening to English songs is an effective way to learn English? Why or why not?

2.  What are the main benefits you get (or think you could get) from learning English through music? (e.g., vocabulary, pronunciation, listening skills, understanding culture/slang, motivation)

3.  What are the biggest challenges or downsides you've faced (or can think of) when trying to learn this way? (e.g., fast singing, unclear lyrics, slang, misheard words, focusing only on the tune)

4.  Can you share an example? Has a specific English song ever taught you a useful new word, phrase, or helped improve your pronunciation? Tell us about it!

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I don't listen to English song s very often. In my opinion, I can remember new words much more easily and clearly than that through ordinary ways, but I am easy to make some mistakes! For example, I misremember the usage of "long for" to "be long for" after listening to a English song owing to singer's blurred pronunciation. 

I don't think "Learning English Through Music" is a very efficient method, I only think it has an auxiliary function

2.  What are the main benefits you get (or think you could get) from learning English through music? (e.g., vocabulary, pronunciation, listening skills, understanding culture/slang, motivation)

I think it can help me to understand the songs I like better and learn some new words passingly

3.  What are the biggest challenges or downsides you've faced (or can think of) when trying to learn this way? (e.g., fast singing, unclear lyrics, slang, misheard words, focusing only on the tune)

The first thing is I cannot always find English songs that meet my palette

For many English songs I cannot hear the lyrics very clearly and I must find lyrics in the internet. And for some unpopular songs I cannot find the lyrics

At last, as you say, for many English songs I will only focus on the tune

4.  Can you share an example? Has a specific English song ever taught you a useful new word, phrase, or helped improve your pronunciation? Tell us about it!

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Learning English through music exactly does sth.. We may not carefully listen to the exact words, but to appreciate the atmosphere music itself creates. Some of you may ask "It seems useless and I can’t pronounce any of them after listening. It may only be one side. On the other hand, if you are lost in it, you will be familiar with the words. And if you are curious about what the words mean, you may finally find the meaning. Familiar and prounciation is the first step when we want to learn a new language. In this way, we can "learn" English without noticing yourself learning.

1.  Do you believe listening to English songs is an effective way to learn English? Why or why not?

I don't think that's an effective way.

First, the lyrics are too short. That means a person needs to listen to so many songs. And usually the topics in songs are limited.

Second, some words' pronounciations are changed based on the song's rythems and the singer's accent. Unless accents learning are needed, it's quite easy to learn inaccurate accents.

Third, learning English via English songs has the risk of over-reliance. People are easy to notice the catchy tunes and ignore the lyrics. And sometimes "learning English via English songs" can be an excuse of avoiding learning English.

The benefit I get from English song is get to know a totally 
 different culture, which inspires me a lot. For example, there are many songs that woman sing are of power and encouragement in English, but Chinese women singers mostly sing songs about emotional matters; And they can express non-political-right thoughts which u hardly witness in Chinese freely; English world they do have various music style in popular, but we lack some variety.