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It's
time for Christmas again. As a present to you and your students, I
have arranged one of the most popular Christmas songs, Jingle Bells,
and made it available as a Free Download! This song was very popular
last year, and below you can see a video of it being performed by
students in Thailand.
I used the vocabulary from the MES
English free Christmas Flashcards(pictured here), and changed
some lyrics to make the song more ESL/EFL friendly.
See
below for a downloadeble pdf of the lyrics and how to teach this song.
(arrangement
copyright 2007, original Jingle Bells by James Pierpoint 1857)
How
to teach: Using the flashcards from MES English, show the
card for the vocabulary, and have your students repeat after me.
As the teacher, you can say the word as I say it. I put a little
joke in the song, as you are showing the presents card, say, " an
airplane", kids love this kind of thing.
Teach the the lyrics, and make up a little dance during the Jingle
Bells part. Then, during the "I can jump" part, have the kids do
the actions. This way, if the students have trouble singing the
Jingle Bells part, at least they can participate in the actions!
Also note that the lyrics to the second part, I can jump, etc. coordinate
with another Dream English song: I Can Walk. Please click here to
check out how I teach I
Can Walk.
This is a great idea from Chris Caldow in Germany, thanks Chris!
"I handed out the vocab cards to kids who pronounced the words properly
and then asked them to hold up the cards when their word was mentioned
in the song. During "Jingle Bells" we walked in a circle, changing
directions after "Hey". Then we all counted to 4 and did the actions
as required."
Have fun, and please let me know how your students like it!
email me at matt(at)dreamenglish.com change (at) with an @ sign.
Happy singing!
Jingle
Bells-Dream English Version Lyrics
to download a printable pdf lyric sheet of Jingle Bells click
here.
Merry Christmas! Let's Practice
Santa Claus, a Christmas tree, toys
a stocking, an airplane, no, I'm kidding!
presents, a candy cane, here we go
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, hey!
1,2,3,4!
I can jump, I can dance, I can sing, I can laugh
I can jump, I can dance, I can sing, I can laugh
Let's practice; a reindeer, a sleigh, a snowman, an angel, an elf,
mistletoe, here we go
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, hey!
1,2,3,4!
I can jump, I can dance, I can sing, I can laugh
I can jump, I can dance, I can sing, I can laugh
Merry Christmas!
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