Most English songs are not good for learning English.  I’m a native speaker of American English and I can’t understand a lot of the words in most popular “Top 40” songs.

The current style in American popular music is to sing (and often yell) in a way that can’t be

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Not every English teacher recommends learning English with songs. In fact some teachers think it’s a bad idea. If you want to learn English with songs, it’s very important to know what they don’t like about learning English with songs.

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In December of 2010, Prime Minister of Russia, Vladamir Putin was learning English. As you might expect, he had the best teachers in the world.

They had him learn a lot of songs in English as part of his English learning program. Note that they had him learn this American classic song from the 1930’s called Blueberry Hill and probably a lot of other classic clear songs.

Now he speaks English well enough to do occasional interviews in English.

So if Prime Ministers learn English by using songs, shouldn’t you?

I have traveled to many different countries where English is not the native language.  I always would meet people who spoke English and I asked everyone this question.

“How did you learn English?”

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