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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 02
Section 5 - Your turn

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Section 5 - Your turn
This section begins when the counter on your audio player is on (approximately) 10.30

Section 5 is based on 'Your Turn'. It helps you to listen and understand people giving their opinions.

Suggestion: Look at the phrases that the people use. Sometimes they don't use complete sentences. Write down notes and then say what you think.

In Your Turn you heard 5 people answer this question: “Which do you prefer – songs in English or songs in your language?’

What do you think?

Here are some things people talked about.

•    Songs on MTV are always in English.
•    English songs can help you learn English.
•    It’s easier to understand the words of songs in your own language.
•    Some kinds of songs sound better in English
•    English songs aren’t very interesting.
•    It depends on the song.

Which ones do you agree with? Write down your opinion – ‘Which do you prefer – songs in English or songs in your language?’ Go to the bottom of the page to write your text.

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Voice 1: I prefer songs in English because I watch MTV all the time and the songs I like are always in English. Russian songs – I come from Russia – are not as good to dance to as songs in English. And it can help me learn English too!

Voice 2: I like some songs in English and some songs in Japanese but I think I like songs in Japanese best because the words are very important to me. In English songs you can’t always hear all the words or you don’t understand some words but when I listen to Japanese songs I can really understand the meaning of the song.

Voice 3: I really like rap music so I listen to a lot of music in English – mostly American music. There are some singers in Germany who rap in German but it doesn’t sound very good to me. I don’t think German is a good language for rapping. I learn some new English words from rap music but I think some of them are words I can’t say in the classroom!

Voice 4: I come from Mexico and I like songs in Spanish best because I think a lot of the songs I hear in English are a bit stupid … I mean it’s only “I love you, baby”, or “I wannna dance with you baby”. The songs I listen to in Spanish are better because the words are about real things and feelings.

Voice 5: Well, I think it’s a strange question. It’s too difficult to answer. It depends. Sometimes I like to listen to songs in English and I study the words and learn some new things but sometimes I just listen to songs in Greek where I understand all the words. I like some songs in English and some songs in Greek. If the music’s good – I like it!

Ravi: Interesting. What sort of music do you like, Tess?
Tess: Oh, I listen to all kinds of music, but I love music I can dance to.
Ravi: And always in English?
Tess: Usually, yeah.

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	Songs in English or in your language?

At 15 Jul 2009 17:10 Patricia wrote:

Definitively the music is a good and an amusing way to learn a language but sometimes you have to do a good choice or selection in order to acquire a rich vocabulary because some songs not always include appropriate words.On the other hand I prefer to hear romantic music in spanish(balada-pop)there are great songs with loving letters and beautiful messages. I think most time the music will depend too of the place you are or even how do you feel in certain situation.

At 3 Jul 2009 02:57 Ingrid wrote:

I would say that I prefer both the songs in Spanish, my native language and songs in English because you in Spanish understand everything and you find the feeling to song; in English you learn a new words and you listen to different rhythm.

At 27 Jun 2009 21:31 ouseem wrote:

I prefer old gongs in Arabic.Nowadays all songs have no feelings so I prefer listening to light music only but I never listen to songs in other languages. I decided to listen to english songs to practise my English.

At 8 Dec 2008 19:39 eraser wrote:

Of course there many remarkable songs in ours native languages. We love them, because our hearts understand them best. But there are also many legendary songs in English which you will love and no matter what is your own language: SHOW MUST GO ON(QEEN), WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS(QEEN), YESTERDAY(Beatles) and others.

At 22 Sep 2008 11:27 Simone Massaglia wrote:

I like good music , of course I prefer music in Portuguese because I understand all words , but I like in other language too,because of the melodies.

At 11 Jul 2008 01:58 NGA wrote:

I like English songs because it seems fit to my voice. I love the rhythm of songs in English. Besides, listening to and singing English songs help me so much in learning English.