Look, the fact is we just can’t resist a Bowie lesson. There it is, plain and simple (If you missed our previous one, you can check it out here) and I can’t promise that this one will be the last Bowie lesson we ever do. In fact, I can almost guarantee you that there will be more. This one came about because I was listening to Hunky Dory and got a wee bit obsessed with the song, Kooks. I thought I’d share it with you.

It’s a simple enough lesson using a song to look at vocab, “will” and connected speech. I’ve always felt that songs are a great way for students to practise their listening as they’re usually in quite natural speech (not always) and in real life there is very often background noise that you need to filter out when you’re trying to listen. Songs replicate that quite well. This is something I always point out to my students when I do a song. I think it’s important they see the benefit and don’t just think that songs are something we do on Fridays for fun.

1. Objective: to raise awareness of connected speech in songs / to examine different uses of “will”
2. Time: 2 – 3 hours
3. Level: Pre-intermediate and above

Materials:

• Worksheet (word):Bowie Kooks worksheet
• Worksheet (PDF): Bowie Kooks worksheet
• Teacher’s Worksheet: Bowie Kooks teacher’s worksheet
• Procedure: Bowie Kooks Procedure

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsSlOGzPM90