Lesson 9 activities (hands on)

CAUTION: Unfortunately, some inappropriate concordances may come up when searching for ‘love’ in the corpora tools suggested in 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

 Go to BNClab and search for terms related to the word love. Answer the questions below.

Activity 2

After watching the video, go the Ted Ed website and answer the given questions from the website.

Activity 3

Go to YouTube to get the transcript of the video What is love? Alternatively, you may like to use the transcript available in this document.

Then, copy the transcript to VersaText and search for the terms related to the word love that appear in the transcript.

Activity 4

Note: If the lyrics of the song are not appropriate for your teaching context, we suggest the song Exile by Taylor Swift.

Activity 5

Access the website Lyric training and do the song 90 days listening comprehension activity at the beginner level.

Note: If the lyrics of the song are not appropriate for your teaching context, we suggest the song Exile by Taylor Swift.

Activity 6

Search for the lyrics of the song 90 days on the internet. Alternatively, you may like to use the lyrics from this Azlyrics – Pink lyrics webpage.

Then, copy and paste the lyrics on VersaText. Choose a word and relate the terms connected to it. Then, answer the questions below, justifying your answers with data from VersaText.

Note: If the lyrics of the song are not appropriate for your teaching context, we suggest the song Exile by Taylor Swift.