Although some of the words in English songs people could not completely understand, learners may be confused with those phrases in them. However, listening to English songs absolutely is a way to improve the level of a person who wants to study English.Learners will learn a lot of words and phrases in English songs they have never seen before, also they could know the pronunciation of those words and phrases. It is useful to get learners to be in a higher level than before.For example, firstly, a song from Carpenters named “Yesterday Once More”, this is a very popular English song. The singer's voice is fantastic and her pronunciation also as good as her voice. People want to know what the meaning of “once more” in this song is. They will check the dictionary and find what is the real meaning of this phrase, next then, knowing how to spell and speak this phrase, also using this phrase in a sentence. Secondly, “21 Guns”. This is from an American band named “Green Day”. Learners perhaps are confused with the name of this song. What is “21 guns”? Is that twenty-one real guns or something else they have never heard before. Because of the curiosity, they may check the Internet or some books, even ask their friend who is from an English country. At last, they will find out what is the real meaning of the phrase, and realize the culture of America. From all these examples, listening to more English songs, and checking the meaning of those words and phrases with a dictionary could be a terrific method to let a learner make some progress, listening to those graceful songs, learning and improving English, every want to do it.
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