Music Genres
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Music Genres

This ESL lesson plan on music genres helps students improve vocabulary and speaking skills. Through engaging activities, students will discuss their favorite and least favorite genres, learn useful adjectives, and practice talking about their likes and dislikes. The lesson concludes with a fun project where students create and present their own music charts, enhancing communication and group interaction. Ideal for A2 and B1-level learners.

Skills

  • Has sufficient vocabulary to express themselves with some circumlocutions on most topics pertinent to their everyday life such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel and current events.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Warm-up: Music you love or hate

Do you love or hate these music genres? Why?
1. Pop 2. Rock 3. Jazz 4. Indie 5. Reggaeton 6. Hip-hop 7. K-pop 8. Classical
2

Match the adjectives to the definitions. Which of the words can you use to describe music genres from the previous task?

3

Useful phrases to talk about likes and dislikes

4

Project: My music chart

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