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As I have said before, learning a language can be very time consuming and tedious if you don\u2019t\u00a0use methods that motivate you<\/a>. Steve Kaufmann talks a lot about doing things that motivate him and about how he enjoys reading and listening to content of interest. I like reading too, but I don\u2019t yet think that I have a good enough understanding of Spanish to get much out of it, so apart from reading lessons on LingQ I much prefer to learn language through music.\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Music As A Learning Tool<\/h2>\n

There are many Spanish songs that are perfect to listen to and learn from. You can use music as a practical and entertaining way to understand different cognitive areas of any foreign language, not just Spanish. By using music as a learning tool, you are able to expand your vocabulary, as well as improve intonation and pronunciation. Listening to music can even strengthen grammar, because you hear the words in your target language in real context,<\/a> and you don\u2019t even have to look at (yucky) grammar books.<\/p>\n

Repetition Comes Easy With Music<\/h2>\n

One really cool thing about learning from music \u2013 other than it being nice to listen to \u2013 is that you can sing along to the music despite not knowing exactly what the words mean. You don\u2019t need to know how to write the words, but you will still be able to repeat the ones being used in the songs, and they will somehow flow from you in the right accent and with perfect intonation as you are just repeating what someone else is singing. Music is almost like another language on its own, at least for me.<\/p>\n

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Learn Everything From Vocabulary To Grammar<\/h2>\n

I find it much easier to remember songs than to remember something I have read in a book, and if I don\u2019t understand \u2013 and I rarely do at this stage \u2013 I am more likely to look the words and sentences up. This means that while listening to songs, I am able to learn a bit of grammar too. For instance I can look at labels such as gender, person, or tense of the lyrics, as well as the the everyday and informal usage of certain words. The songs then serve as teaching tools that I can review online in a more entertaining way than just looking up grammar rules in a boring book.<\/p>\n

Music and songs can teach us new terms<\/h2>\n

Furthermore, songs provide an excellent opportunity to delve into the vocabulary of another language, be it Spanish or otherwise. A song lyric can be the perfect excuse to introduce new terms into my vocabulary. And again, the new words and phrases become much easier to memorize as they are linked to real context in the form of a song.<\/p>\n

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Technology And Resources<\/h2>\n

Luckily language learners \u2013 like you and me \u2013 have easy access to heaps of resources to practice other languages (There\u2019ll be a couple of links at the bottom of the post). Thanks to the internet and related digital technologies, we are able to access countless resources to learn from music. Locating a particular music video or getting the lyrics of your favourite song has never been this easy with sites like\u00a0Youtube<\/a> or AZ Lyrics<\/a>, among others, which leads me to my next and very important point.<\/p>\n

Learn From Music On LingQ<\/h2>\n

If you are able to find your favourite song on the internet, preferably YouTube, and the lyrics elsewhere, you can transform the song into an MP3 file. Once you have both lyrics and an MP3 file you can do what I do, and import the songs as lessons on LingQ.<\/a>
\nAs you know, I am trying to learn Spanish, and luckily for me the Spanish speaking world has a vast amount of music in all kinds of different genres. If you are studying a different language, there may be less to choose from, but most countries and cultures have popular music that can be found online. Sometimes I wish I were still learning to speak English as most of my favourite songs are English.<\/p>\n

Learn From Music – Reggaeton<\/h2>\n

I have a ridiculously broad taste in music. I really enjoy dancehall reggae, but I have always associated that with being in English or patois\/Jamaican creole \u2013 a sort of broken English. Considering that I used to listen to Danish reggae a lot, it\u2019s kind of silly that I\u2019d think it wouldn\u2019t be readily available in Spanish, because it obviously is. In fact, in the Spanish speaking world, they have come up with their own type of reggae, called \u2018Reggaeton<\/a>\u2019 and it is awesome.\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n