'Too Sweet' by Hozier
ESL Lesson Plans'Too Sweet' by Hozier

'Too Sweet' by Hozier

This engaging B2-level ESL lesson uses Hozier’s song "Too Sweet" to explore language, imagery, and personal identity through music. Students begin by watching the music video and sharing initial reactions, helping to build emotional connection and context. They then reconstruct key song lyrics using vivid idiomatic expressions and analyze their meanings in context. Vocabulary is reinforced through a matching activity that helps clarify figurative language commonly found in music and poetry. Learners also dive into character analysis, discussing the personalities and values of the song's narrator and his partner to explore themes of compatibility, lifestyle, and authenticity. The lesson ends with a sing-along to promote pronunciation and fluency.

Skills

  • Can understand recordings in the standard form of the language likely to be encountered in social, professional or academic life and identify viewpoints and attitudes as well as the information content.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Watch the music video. Do you like the song? Why or why not?

2

Reconstruct the song lyrics. What do the missing phrases mean, and why are they used in the song?

3

Match the phrases to the definitions.

4

Analyse the lyrics.

5

Listen again and sing along!