Theme twelve

Music

Name (Naam):.............................................................................. Class (Klas): .....................................

Date (Datum): ..................................
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 DL  DO DC
 Foreign language (Anderstalig),
Subject (Vak): English Teacher (Leerkracht): F. Broeckx ….. years in Belgium (….. jaar in België)
 Other (ASD, ADD, ADHD…)
(Andere) (ASS, ADD, ADHD …)

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 Teens and music

PREPARATION
1. Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a-f next to the

numbers 1-6.
1) _____ a single a. watching or listening to music or video
directly
from the internet
2) _____ an album b. to save something form the internet onto you
computer or phone
3) _____ a record company c. one song
4) _____ an audience d. a collection of songs
5) _____ to download something e. a publisher of music
6) _____ streaming f. people who watch or listen to a show

READING
2. Read the text.

There are so many ways to

discover, buy and listen to
music. What's the best way?
Read more to find out about
the exciting music culture in
the UK!

Do you download music? Do you buy CDs? Do you listen to music on your phone? Do you prefer to
watch music or just to listen? What about the old-fashioned radio? Have you ever seen your favourite
band or singer perform live? There are so many ways to discover, buy and listen to music!

Music videos
British teenagers like to watch their music online. Watching music on video streaming sites on the inter-
net is now more popular than listening to the radio with young British people. Popular videos can
quickly become extremely popular internationally. Justin Bieber’s song ‘Baby’ was the most watched
music video on YouTube until 2012. Then, PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ became the first video to get a billion
views. Now, it’s quite common for videos to pass the billion mark. Things can change quickly on You-
Tube!

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Downloading music
Downloading music is a popular choice for young Brits. The BPI (an organisation which promotes the
interests of British music) says that people in the UK prefer downloading singles rather than albums. In
the UK you can download a single for about £1 and an album for around £10. Using file-sharing web-
sites to download music is often illegal of course but some people still continue to get their music this
way. Record companies and many musicians are very unhappy that people can listen to their music
without paying for it.

Live music
The O2 in London is the second largest live music arena in Europe. There you can see world-famous
bands such as One Direction, Justin Bieber, Scissor Sisters, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Elton John,
and Take That. This massive stadium has space for 20,000 people. It also has 548 toilets! Tickets are
not cheap. You can pay more than £50 to see a concert at The O2.

What about free live music? There are music festivals across Britain every year that are completely free
of charge. Last year more than 150,000 people went to the Tramlines free music festival in Sheffield in
the north of England. The two-day festival is held every July. Last year there were 900 performances in
total including local bands as well as music from all over the world.

Music on TV
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new talented singers. The 'X Factor' of the
title refers to the difficult-to-define quality that makes a star. The show began in 2004 and is still popu-
lar. X Factor singers perform on a stage in front of the judges and a live audience. After the perform-
ance the audience at home can vote by phone for their favourite acts. Many winners then go on to get a
UK number-one single. But you don’t have to win The X Factor to become famous: One Direction, the
massively popular British boy band, competed in 2010 but they didn’t win, they came third!

What kind of music?

What are you and your friends listening to these days? Hip hop, dance, rock, heavy metal, rap, urban,
reggae … individual tastes are very varied amongst British teenagers. If a type of music exists then
there’s somebody who likes it. But a shopping centre in Birmingham, central England, recently dis-
covered what kind of music some local teenagers don’t like. This is what happened: shoppers and shop
owners complained to the police about teenagers behaving badly in the shopping centre. When a new
sound system started playing Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, the antisocial behaviour stopped. The
young people causing problems had gone! Classical music was clearly not popular with these particular
teenagers.

Are you listening to music as you read this?

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 3. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct the sentences that are false.
T F

1 British teenagers prefer the radio to YouTube videos.

___________________________________________________
2 Lots of people in the UK download music.
___________________________________________________
3 The O2 is the largest live music venue in the world.
___________________________________________________
4 There are free music festivals in the UK every year.
___________________________________________________
5 One Direction won a television music competition.
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6 Classical music helped to solve a problem in a British shopping centre.
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GRAMMAR
4. Circle the correct verb form.
1) British teenagers like to watch / watch their music online.
2) If you are a British resident you can to download / download a single for about
£1.
3) Using file-sharing websites to download / download music is often illegal.
4) Recording companies and many musicians are very unhappy that people can to
listen to / listen to their music without paying.
5) At The O2 in London you can to see / see world-famous bands such as One
Direction.
6) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find / find new talented
singers.
7) The audience at home can to vote / vote by phone for their favourite acts.
8) You don’t have to win The X Factor to become / become famous.

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 SPEAKING
5. Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1) What’s your favourite type of music?
2) Do you have a favourite group/artist? Who is it?
3) What kind of music do you listen to when you want to dance?
4) Do you like rock music? Why (not)?
5) Do you sometimes buy a CD? Why (not)?
6) How do you feel about your country’s (traditional) music?

6. Listen to your teacher.

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 Live music

7. Go to the following website, watch the video and do the online exercises:
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/live-music

SPEAKING
8. Find someone who…. Listen to your teacher.

DO YOU …? ARE YOU …? HAVE YOU BEEN …?

Yes, I do. Yes, I am. Yes, I have.
No, I don’t. No, I’m not. No, I haven’t.

FIND SOMEONE WHO …. Classmate’s name Additional info

Who…? When…?
What…? Why…?
Where…? How…?
… knows how to play the
guitar.
…. listens to music every
day.
… likes to sing a song in
the shower.
… plays the piano.

… has already been to a

music concert or festival.
… sometimes listens to
classical music.
… is a good singer.

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 Songs, artists and informal speech

TAYLOR SWIFT
9. Fill in the missing words.

Use the clues to fill in the gaps.

1. Opposite of early
2. The organ inside your head
3. The object pronoun for “they”
I  me
you  ______

he  him
she  ______
we  us
they  ______

4. What your mom says if you’re doing something danger-

ous
5. You listen to this with headphones
6. You walk with your …
7. Opposite of clean
8. Opposite of old
9. Blond, brown, or red ______________

Shake It off – Taylor Swift

I stay up too ___________1
Got nothing in my ____________2
That's what people say
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That's what people say
I go on too many dates
But I can't make ___________3 stay
At least that's what people say
That's what people say

But I keep cruising

Can't stop, won't __________4 moving
It's like I got this _____________5

In my mind, saying it's gonna be alright

Cause the players gonna play …
And the haters gonna hate …
Baby I'm just gonna shake …
Shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break …
And the fakers gonna fake …
Baby I'm just gonna shake …
Shake it off, Shake it off

I never miss a beat

I'm lightning on my _____________6
And that's what they don't see
That's what they don't see
I'm dancing on my own
I make the moves up as I go
And that's what they don't _____________7
That's what they don't know

Hey, hey, hey

Just think while you been getting down and out about the liars
And the _________8, ___________8 cheats of the world
You could have been getting down to this sick beat

My ex man brought his __________9 girlfriend

She's like oh my god
But I'm just gonna shake
And to the fella over there with the hella good _____________10
Won't you come on over baby we could shake, shake

10. Now watch the clip and check your answers.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

11. Check your vocabulary. Complete the sentences.

1. You said you had a girlfriend and it’s not true… You’re a _________________!

2. There’s a storm… it’s raining and there’s lots of thunder and

__________________.

3. I arrived late at the bus stop and I ___________________ my bus!

4. I don’t like partying… I prefer to ______________________ at home.

5. Why do I always _______________ plates when I try to do the dishes??

6. He always wins because he always _____________________.

12. Have a look at the underlined words in the text AND answer the
question below.

-What do these words have in common?

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JESSIE J
13.Take your workbook on page 308 and read the text about Jessie J.

14.Do the exercises in your workbook (p. 309-

312)

15. Listen to Price tag a second time. Mark the words that aren’t
standard language according to you.
1) Do these words bother you? Why (not)?

2) Do you use similar words in Dutch? Give some examples.

3) What is slang? Can you give a correct definition?

16. Have a look at the following sites and search for slang words.

10 words from pop music culture that made it into the dictionary

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/3cdffd04-de25-4c12-9723-
b84b7231e71a

Oxford dictionary adds ‘twerk,’ ‘derp,’ ‘selfie,’ ‘phablet,’ and more voguish
vocabulary

https://qz.com/119200/oxford-dictionary-adds-twerk-derp-selfie-phablet-
and-more-voguish-vocabulary/

25 of the New Words Merriam-Webster Is Adding to the Dictionary in 2018

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 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/556420/25-new-words-merriam-
webster-adding-dictionary-2018

10 Teen Slang Phrases

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/teen-slang/

Current Teen and GEN Z Slang Words 2021 Decoded

https://momydady.com/teenage/teen-slangs-words/

17. Make a selection of 5 words.

word Meaning + example

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18. Make an Instagrampost.

a) Select 3 or more slang words.

b) Think of a context in which you are going to use these
words. Make sure that the meaning of these slang
words is
clear.
c) Find/Take a matching picture for your insta post.
d) Generate your Instagram post with the help of the following
website:
Generate Instagram Post - Best Instagram Post Generator | Zeoob

o Add your picture.

o Add your context with ‘description’.
o Think of matching hashtags for your post.
o Fill in the missing information.
o Click ‘save’ so that you can download it later on.

MW25 De leerlingen produceren schriftelijke en mondelinge teksten in functie van doelgerichte

communicatie.
MW26 De leerlingen drukken zich op een creatieve manier uit.

Sources:
- https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/music
-https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/live-music
-file:///F:/vakgroep%20Engels/2A/Basisoptie/Music/Find%20someone%20who%20music.pdf
-https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/activities-songs-and-nursery-
rhymes/shake-it-taylor-swift/78647
-https://digiboek.pelckmansportaal.be/digibook/5e4e9b806dd74b00336e13ec?superModuleId
=B1rfufWv
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

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