English as a Singing Language
Episodes
If I Had a Million Dollars, Barenaked Ladies, Unreal Conditionals
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought about what you would do if you had a million dollars? In order to think about this, or write or talk about it in English, you ne...
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger, Comparative Adjectives
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
International Women’s Day is celebrated all over the world on March 8th. Ece and Heather host an annual party with their friends, and this year, the...
Simon & Garfunkel, Hazy Shade of Winter, Fluency
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the middle of winter, and Heather is m-m-m-miserable in the cold. We get together for a cup of hot chocolate to fight the gloomy winter weather...
Taylor Swift, New Year's Day, Idioms/Figurative Language
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a new year, and a new beginning. For the first episode of 2025, we have chosen Taylor Swift’s 2017 song, “New Year’s Day” from her albu...
The Beatles, Yesterday, Verb Tenses
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to believe, but this is the final episode of “English as a Singing Language” in 2024! In this episode of the podcast, we’re hanging ...
Carrie Underwood, Stretchy Pants, Reduced Pronunciation, Colloquial Grammar, Holiday Vocabulary
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. Families gather together to eat a traditional meal and appreciate ...
Bobby “Borris” Pickett and the Crypt Keepers, Monster Mash, Vowel sounds [e] and [æ]
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Halloween is celebrated on October 31st in the United States. People dress up in costumes, attend parties, and carve pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns. On...
Tears for Fears, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Figurative Language
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s an important election coming up in the United States, and Heather and Ece are on their way to their polling place to cast their votes. On th...
Ece and Heather, There was an Old Lady
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Various, I Know an Old Woman, Adjective Clauses
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In each season, we like to include a traditional song that is good for language learners of all ages. For Season 3, Episode 4, we’ve chosen a song w...
ABBA, Take A Chance On Me, Fluency
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We love listening to many different types of music from different time periods. In Season 3, Episode 3 we’re using the 1977 disco song, “Take A Ch...
Sheryl Crow, Soak up the Sun, Vocabulary
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s summertime where we live, and we’re busy soaking up the sun. In Season 3, Episode 2 of English as a Singing Language, we’ve got a catchy, s...
Montana Tucker, featuring Todrick Hall, Be Myself, Reduced Pronunciation
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 1 of the podcast! We’re so excited about starting a new season of English as a Singing Language. We’re starting off...
Season 2 Bloopers
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We started English as a Singing Language as a way for people to have fun singing while practicing English pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and fluen...
Rod Stewart and Dionne Warwick and Friends, That’s What Friends Are For, Season Two Finale
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we started the podcast, “English as a Singing Language” back in 2022, it seemed almost impossible. There were so many new skills to learn and...
Dolly Parton, 9 to 5, Fluency and Idioms
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
English as a Singing Language has created an episode especially for International Workers’ Day on May 1st. We work hard as language teachers and pod...
The Drifters, Under the Boardwalk, Prepositional Phrases
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Both Heather and Ece are ready for a vacation after a long semester of teaching. While Ece is going to a nearby city to visit a friend, Heather is get...
Katy Perry, Roar, Colloquial vocabulary
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There were so many inspirational and empowering songs to choose from for our International Women’s Day episode, we decided to include another song f...
Rachel Platten, Fight Song, Consonants f and v
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
International Women’s Day is on March 8th. We like to think about all of the smart, strong, beautiful women we know on this day. In fact, Ece is pla...
The Beatles, Eight Days a Week, Simple Present and Imperative Verbs
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Love and music are in the air! In this special Valentine’s Day episode of the podcast, Heather is worried that she doesn’t have enough days in the...
Keala Settle, This is Me, Schwa in unstressed syllables
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We hope your new year is off to a good start. If your new year’s resolution is to improve your English language ability, and you want some inspirati...
Ariana Grande, Winter Things, Winter-themed Vocabulary
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the weather like where you are? It’s definitely winter where we are, and Ece is once again trying to get Heather to enjoy the cold and snow...
Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi, Aspirated p
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you like to practice perfect pronunciation? If you said “yes,” then this episode is for you. This song has many examples of aspiration. If you ...
Connections Episode, Patti Spinner Interview
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The most recent episode of the podcast featured the song, “Adventurous Girl,” which was written and sung by our friend and fellow language teach...
Patti Spinner, Adventurous Girl, Present Perfect vs Simple Past
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever climbed a mountain? Have you ever flown in a plane? What kinds of adventures have you had? There is something extra special about the so...
Raffi and Various, Down by the Bay, Rhyming Pronunciation
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In each season, we have to include at least one fun, silly traditional folk song that might be considered a “children’s song,” but is actually f...
Tracy Chapman, Fast Car, Verb Tenses
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heather is getting together with her friends from high school, and she’s putting together a playlist of songs from the 80s that they can listen to. ...
Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Sound of Sunshine, Fluency
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ece is extremely busy and she’s feeling a bit overwhelmed. Luckily, she runs into Heather at the park by the river. Heather convinces her that she n...
aespa, Life's Too Short, Colloquial Language
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heather is feeling a little down because of some negative comments on a photo she posted on Instagram (you can follow us on Instagram @singinglanguage...
Martha and the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street, Contractions
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ece is planning a block party in her neighborhood, and she needs the perfect song for her summer playlist. Heather suggests the 1964 Motown hit, “Da...
Shakira, Try Everything, Phrasal Verbs
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Heather is feeling nervous about an upcoming project. It is something new that she hasn’t done before, and she’s working in a pla...
Season 1 Bloopers
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We always encourage our listeners to not be afraid to make mistakes. Making a mistake is a great chance to learn. But sometimes, all we can do when we...
Dido, Thank you, Sentence Stress
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the final episode in Season One of the English as a Singing Language podcast. When we got this crazy idea, we had no idea if we would be ab...
The Beatles, Can’t Buy Me Love, Real Conditional
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ece is doing some online shopping and she’s feeling a little frustrated. This leads to a discussion about the importance of things that money just c...
Various Artists - Jewel & Barney, The Green Grass Grows All Around, Consonant Clusters
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s finally spring where we are, and we are so excited to see the bird in a nest, the nest on a branch and the green grass growing all around!! And...
Hailee Steinfeld, Most Girls, Intonation in lists, reductions
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
March 8th is International Women’s Day. Ece is planning a party to celebrate with her friends and will certainly include the song for this week, Hai...
K'Naan, Wavin' Flag, One-syllable comparative adjectives with -er
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a special edition of the podcast. Like many of you, we both felt sad and helpless after seeing the suffering caused by the de...
The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), Adjective Clauses with Who
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a person who loves learning English? We know you must be someone who loves English grammar as much as we do. And, speaking of love, English as...
Idina Menzel, Let it Go, Verbs and Rhyming
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for even more winter fun? In Episode 11 of English as a Singing Language, Ece is trying to get Heather to relax and not get so upset abo...
BTS, Dynamite, Vocabulary and Reductions
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re ending 2022 and welcoming 2023. English as a Singing Language has a dynamite song prepared to bring in the new year. Join Ece and Heather to s...
Various Artists, Let it Snow!, Linking and Adjectives
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winter is on its way, and not everyone is a fan of the cold! In this episode, Ece and Heather are discussing the traditional holiday song, “Let it S...
OMI, Cheerleader, Pronunciation of Final [r]
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Go Team! Let’s go!! Ece and Heather are talking about Jamaican singer OMI’s hit song from the 2010’s, “Cheerleader.” This is an extremely fu...
Suzanne Vega, Tom's Diner, Present Continuous Tense
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode comes straight from the 1980’s! We’re talking about Suzanne Vega’s hit song, “Tom’s Diner.” We are having a great ti...
The Temptations, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Rhyming
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ece and Heather are going back in time to 1960’s Motown with a song by The Temptations called, “The Way You Do the Things You Do....
Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten, Figurative Language
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Ece and Heather are staying in the 2000’s for this episode. Ece is trying to finish an exciting book, and that leads to an interesting discuss...
Victoria Justice, Shake, Reductions and Sentence Intonation
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Ece and Heather are jumping ahead to the 2000’s. Heather is feeling self-conscious about her dancing skills and Ece decides to use...
Queen, We Are The Champions, Present Perfect Verb Tense
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ece and Heather have decided to stay in the 70’s for this episode. Even though she has prepared for her upcoming presentation, Ece is lacking confid...
Johnny Nash, I Can See Clearly Now, Reductions
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Ece and Heather travel back in time to the 1970’s for this song. In this episode, Heather is feeling a bit sad, and Ece uses the 1972 reggae-i...
Taylor Swift, I Knew You Were Trouble, Verb Tenses
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, something good can come from a broken heart, and in this case, it’s improved English ability! But seriously, we couldn’t think of ...
Welcome to English as a Singing Language!
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join podcast hosts Ece and Heather for, English as a Singing Language. The hosts are both experienced language teachers who love to use songs and mus...
Introducing English as a Singing Language!
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learn English with Ece and Heather. Each episode will feature a different song and each song will have a different language focus. We’ll learn about...