Lesson 9 activities (hands off)
Is this love?
CAUTION: Unfortunately, some inappropriate concordances may come up when searching for ‘love’ in the corpora tools utilised for the activities below. In addition, the lyrics of some songs suggested below may contain explicit and inappropriate language, which may not be suitable for all audiences. Please read the lesson materials carefully to decide if you could or should implement this lesson in your own teaching/learning context. You may like to choose a different song, as we have suggested below, for the activities while following the same lesson structure.
Activity 1
Observe the lines of concordance for love taken from BNClab. Answer the questions below.
Activity 2
Now, look at the lines of concordance when using the filter gender. Answer the question below.
Activity 3
After watching the video, go the Ted Ed What is love? – Brad Troeger website and answer the given questions from the website.
Note: As a teacher, you can download the activity and print a copy for your learners if internet is not available at school. Always remember to follow the copyright rules.
Activity 4
Look at the word cloud below and the concordance lines generated from the What is love? video transcript. Answer the questions below.
Activity 5
Access the website Lyric training and do the song 90 days listening comprehension activity at the beginner level.
Note 1: As a teacher, you can download the activity and print a copy for your learners if internet is not available at school. Always remember to follow the copyright rules.
Note 2: If the lyrics of the song are not appropriate for your teaching context, we suggest the song Exile by Taylor Swift.
Activity 6
Access the website Lyric training and do the song 90 days listening comprehension activity at the beginner level.
Note 1: As a teacher, you can download the activity and print a copy for your learners if internet is not available at school. Always remember to follow the copyright rules.
Note 2: If the lyrics of the song are not appropriate for your teaching context, we suggest the song Exile by Taylor Swift.
Activity 7
Observe the word cloud below based on the song 90 Days that was taken from VersaText. This word cloud contains the transcription of the song without its nouns. Answer the questions below.
Note: If the lyrics of the song are not appropriate for your teaching context, we suggest the song Exile by Taylor Swift.
