Five Reasons to Learn English With Christmas Songs

The end of the year is approaching. That feeling of Christmas is beginning to arrive as well. In some countries, people gather together to sing Christmas songs and carols. In others, everyone listens to them at home. If there is anything that exists almost everywhere in the world, that would be Christmas songs.

Have you ever considered using this traditional music to help improve your English level? Learning and developing your skills in this language doesn’t have to be tedious. You don’t need to isolate yourself from the world to study for hours on end. On the contrary, learning should be an opportunity to meet more people and to discover new cultures.


Learn English With Songs and Movies 

One of the fundamental pillars when learning English, or any language, is to also learn about the culture that language belongs to. This will help you know how the language works in context and is something that needs to be present in any learning program. 

Listening to songs or watching movies in English will help you improve in many aspects of the language itself. But it will also help you to immerse yourself in Anglo-Saxon culture and context. This is very important! Knowing the culture will help make it much easier for you to know what to say or how to behave in specific situations. This is something you simply can’t achieve through memorising grammar rules.

The Benefits of Learning English With the Lyrics to Christmas Songs 

Learning English with traditional Christmas songs or with more modern versions will really help your English. These incredible benefits are similar to those that storytelling gives you. Would you like to learn about them? 

• You will expand your English vocabulary. You’ll also learn specific words related to this beautiful time of year. ’Tis the season to be jolly! 
• In some modern songs, but also in slightly older ones, there are some very interesting words and sayings. This is similar to what happens with Cockney rhyming slang. Slang, that is to say, colloquialisms, go beyond the English you learn when you study grammar. This is the English spoken in the streets, which is the part of the language that is most alive and changeable. 
• Just like what happens when you watch movies, TV series, or programs in English, when you listen to Christmas songs in this language, you’ll also be training your ear to how the language sounds and how different words are pronounced. This is an excellent opportunity to practice understanding different accents! 
• With each song, you’ll learn a little more about the culture to which that particular theme belongs. You’ll learn about what they eat, the activities they enjoy, the traditions they have, and how they celebrate Christmas.

Learn English With Subtitled Songs
As with movies, it can often be difficult to understand what you’re hearing at first. This can happen when you don’t know the language well. It can also happen when your ear isn’t accustomed to the accent or vocabulary of the person speaking. 

Don’t despair! There is always a solution. Something that can help you, in the beginning, is to look for subtitled versions of the songs. As you know, there are two ways to subtitle audio, in your language or in the speaker’s original language. The first option can solve many obstacles but it doesn’t present as many challenges as the second.

Short Christmas Songs in English
If you like this idea and want to start practicing before December arrives, here are the titles of some of the most well-known Christmas songs. With these short songs, you’ll definitely improve your level of English. You’ll also get into the Christmas spirit at the same time! Let’s sing! 

• Let It Snow 
• Silent Night 
• Deck the Halls 
• Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 
• Jingle Bells 

If, after singing, you want to know how much your English has improved, we invite you to find out. You’ll see that after singing these songs (or any others that you want to learn) you’ll have learned new vocabulary. You’ll also learn more about the climate, traditions, food, and Christmas activities of the English-speaking world. This means that not only will your English level improve, but you also will have taken a small Christmas trip without even leaving your home. You can prepare yourself to talk about Christmas in English with people from other countries and learn about their customs just through songs. That’s amazing!