Home Study: Practice English with Karaoke

Learning English can be made even more fun by singing. Singing can help you with pronunciation, accent, reading, and listening. You can also build your English vocabulary with more conversation style words, and slang. 

So, let look at how you can use karaoke to enjoy learning English.





Before you start, choose a song you like, and listen to it many times. You need to know the tone, and pace of the song (the rhythm). A slow song is best for beginners, but, if you want a challenge, you can choose a more difficult song.

Elvis Presley and Nat King Cole are two good, slow singers (called "crooners"). They both sing very clearly.

Here's Nat King Cole's most famous song, "Unforgettable".

Karaoke bars are fun places, but, if YouTube has free karaoke videos. Here's a link to The Karaoke Channel. The lyrics (words) are in large letters, and easy to follow. Below is a karaoke video for the Beatles' song, "All You Need Is Love".

In Japan, I had a chance to enjoy karaoke with some of my students, and their co-workers. It's fun to practice (and learn) English in a more relaxed, fun place.

 

Here's Sanshiro singing Lady GaGa's Poker Face.