3 ways to quickly improve your English language skills.
Yes! Yes! Yes! You absolutely can. Listening to music is always a great way to remember and retain information and improve English language skills.
Christmas Songs, while being festive, also have some great gems of the English language hidden in them.
You can learn a new word or phrase in every other line.
The first part of this song has so much to learn:
Let me give you some holly jolly examples,
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Here's the third stanza from the song,
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games
Call him names means insulting someone by calling them rude names.
Join in means to participate in something.
Let's have a look at the fifth one,
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
You'll go down in history"
Shouted out with glee means to exclaim or shout out when you are very happy or excited.
To go down in history means to be remembered for years and years for something you have done or for something about you.
Let's look at another Christmas Song:
The first part of this song has so much to learn:
Out of all the reindeers you know you are the mastermind
Run, run Rudolph, Randolph ain't too far behind
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's gotta make it to town
Santa, make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down
Run, run Rudolph 'cause I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round
This song has many ways to improve your English and make it sound more like a Native Speaker.
Mastermind: Someone intelligent who is the brains behind some plan
Not too far behind: pretty close
Make it to town: Reach the city or town the person talking also lives in
Take the freeway down: You can use this while discussing which route to take to someplace
3.It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in every store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door
Beginning to look a lot like: This phrase can be used for anything special.
For example, It's beginning to look a lot like wedding season in our home.
Prettiest Sight To See: You can replace 'prettiest' with any word and use it to match the context.
For example,
The scariest sight to see was the door opening on its own.
Beginning to look a lot like: This phrase can be used for anything special.
For example, It's beginning to look a lot like wedding season in our home.
Prettiest Sight To See: You can replace 'prettiest' with any word and use it to match the context.
For example,
The scariest sight to see was the door opening on its own.
The funniest sight to see was us dropping the cake on the floor.
These are only some of the many examples of learning in Christmas Songs & Carols. You can always level up your vocabulary by listening to them repeatedly and using them in your own way.
Of course if you want to brush up your Christmas or Winter Vocabulary, you can listen to any one of the traditional Christmas Carols. Here are some favourites,
● Deck The Halls
● Silent Night
● Jingle Bells
● Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
● Away In A Manger
● Joy To The World
● The 12 Days Of Christmas
There are so many Christmas Classics to learn from. Every year new songs come up as well and you can rock to a new rhythm
There's English learning in everything if we look hard enough. Learning about Christmas is also culturally important to the English language which helps us understand it better. So next time you hear a Christmas Song playing in a restaurant or shop, sing along!
Merry Christmas and Happy Learning!
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