Looking for songs?
- musiqueradio (more indy)
- Le Top 100 (more mainstream)
- Frenchmusicblog (good source of francophone music you can buy in the US)
- Musique Mercredi (FB group with lots of songs, activities, etc.)
What to do with songs?
I have transitioned to a new, more efficient format:
- Monday: I tell my students the story of the artist and/or the song and/or the video clip. Always a story on Monday and then we watch the clip together! Sometimes I do a cultural activity on the video.
- The rest of the week: I give my students a cloze version of the lyrics (including English translation). Each day they listen to the song once and complete the cloze.
- Friday: We complete the cloze together, and if they are up for it, we sing our song of the week!
Artists in alphabetical order:
Note: I have not updated all the activities on this blog to the new format. Sorry…
- Sébastien Agius “Ma chance” (2011) (cloze)
- Amir “J’ai cherché” 2016 (cloze)
- Black M “Je suis chez moi” (2016) (cloze+cultural notes)
- Gilbert Bécaut “L’Orange” (cover by La Star Academy, 2012) (cloze) Perfect for the novel “BB dit la vérité”!
- Amel Bent “Ma philosophie” (2004) (cloze)
- Dorothée “A l’école” (1995) (cloze)
- Caroline Costa “qui je suis” (2011) (cloze)
- Camelia Jordana “Non, non, non” (2010) (cloze)
- Les Enfoirés “Attention au départ” (2013) (cloze)
- Generation Goldman “Famille” (2013) (cloze)
- Gregory Lemarchal “De temps en temps” (2007) (cloze)
- Indila: dernière danse (2014) (cloze) Bonus: Edpuzzle on Paris monuments in the video
- Johnny Hallyday: Autoportrait (2011) (cloze)
- Kids United “Mama Africa” (2017) (cloze) Bonus: cultural activity and short interpretive reading
- Ilona Mitrecey “C’est les vacances” (2005) (cloze)
- Monde des Petits: La Chanson de l’école (cloze)
- Vanessa Paradis “La Seine et moi” (2011)(cloze) Merci Chera Hessenthaler !
- Edith Piaf “Non, je ne regrette rien” (cover by The Voice, 2013) (cloze) Merci Chera Hessenthaler !
- Tal “On avance” (2011) (cloze)
- The Garlics “Tout ce que t’es pour moi” (2012)
- Stromae “Papoutai” (2013) (cloze)
- Petit Papa Noël (daily activities inc. Friday cloze)
- Christophe Willem “Double Je” (2007) (cloze)
- Zaz “Je veux” (2010) (cloze)