hi i'm vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm how can you learn english
with music let's talk about it before we
talk about this topic let's see can we
learn english with music is it possible
i often get emails from people asking me
is this a good way to learn english is
it normal and daily conversation common
vocabulary so i want to answer this
question first can you learn English
with music and the answer is a big yes
yes you can definitely learn English
with music but you might not be learning
daily conversational English you'll
certainly be learning English but it
might not be the kind of English that we
often use in conversation because songs
are poetry they use words to fit the
rhythm of the song they use words to fit
a certain style of music so the words
aren't exactly like daily conversation
but you're going to learn a lot and
there's something in our human brains
that links music and is tuned and melody
with memory it's a great way to remember
things so certainly you can learn
English with music but how can you do it
what's this good method well the first
step is to find music in English that
you like there probably are already a
couple bands or a couple popular songs
that you like so I recommend listening
to them a lot for me when I want to
learn the words of a French song I
usually listen to it a couple times and
then I go online and I try to find the
lyrics of the song the lyrics are the
words of the song and because I've
already heard the song a couple of times
I read the lyrics
times if I really love the song I'll
print the lyrics and try to sing the
lyrics with the song who cares if you
have a terrible singing voice maybe you
have an amazing singing voice the
purpose is to train your speaking as
well as your listening skills so when
you use the lyrics it's kind of like
subtitles or like a transcript you can
really hear each word and after you
practice with the lyrics a couple times
you can probably sing the song without
them and then when you're driving or
taking a walk or singing in the shower
you can really use English like a native
speaker because you have memorized those
same sentences the same lines that a
native speaker is using if you want to
learn something that's specifically
conversational English but you don't
want to go back to elementary school and
practice really basic songs about the
weather or about colors well a good way
to do that is to use musical theatre if
you have ever seen Phantom of the Opera
or lay miserab or this kind of sound of
music style of singing and talking at
the same time they often have
conversations while they're singing and
maybe this style of music is not your
favorite style of music but if you want
to learn conversational English with a
tune this is a good way to do it if
you've never used musical theatre before
to learn English or if that's just not
your style I want to give you one song
recommendation just to introduce you to
this kind of fun conversational way to
use music this song is called my new
philosophy and it's from the musical
you're a Good Man Charlie Brown maybe
you know Charlie Brown or Snoopy he's a
famous comic character cartoon and care
Victor and there is a musical a whole
play theater based on those characters
and in this song two characters have a
conversation while they're singing so in
your mind you're using that musical
memory plus conversation together and
even though this isn't the only way to
learn conversation with music it's just
one recommendation so I will post the
link to this video in the description
below this so that you can check it out
and see if you can catch each word if
you enjoy it try to read the lyrics try
to sing along and imitate that fun crazy
conversation that they're having and now
I have a question for you what kind of
music do you like in English
give us some recommendations if you have
a link to another YouTube video that's
from this band or from your favorite
song let us know let's share together
and learn with each other's musical
interests thanks so much for learning
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