Following on from last week, I thought I’d expand a little more on carols, as they are a true Christmas favourite in many English speaking countries. In Roman times people would run naked in the streets singing songs as part of the pagan celebration of Saturnalia. This was transformed and adopted by the Christian faith and became carolling. Thankfully, now the singing is performed fully clothed and it is usually done by children who move from house to house.
I also wanted to show you how you can use all kinds of things to help you learn vocabulary, improve your listening and writing skills and converse easily in English.
Sing-A-Long With Christmas Songs
Many people, me included, have used songs to learn new words in other languages. Often, you can find yourself singing along without even knowing what the words mean. But that doesn’t matter as any practice you get at spoken English is a good thing. And, you can always look up the meanings of the words later.
So, why not have a go at singing these traditional English carols. They’ll give you a great idea of what it sounds like in pretty much every shop in the UK over the festive period. To be honest, if I worked in a shop I think I’d be fed-up of listening to them by the time Christmas arrived!
You could even start your own little choir by gathering friends and family and learning the words and tune together. What fun!
These are my favourite carols I hope you like them too:
Look up any words you are not sure of and not only will you be practising your pronunciation, you’ll also be improving your vocabulary!
Do you have any traditional songs you sing for religious festivals in your country? If you do, I’d love to hear about them.
