Tutor teaches 12 English tenses through the song 'Fate'

Basic knowledge in English is integrated by Mr. Dang Ba Dao through the familiar song "Duyen Phan", helping students remember and apply it more easily than with conventional learning methods.

On May 28, Mr. Dang Ba Dao, from Binh Dinh, currently living in Ho Chi Minh City, posted on social media a lesson on 12 English tenses, currently reaching 29,000 views and more than 1,000 shares from the community.

The song, which is over 5 minutes long, opens with the line "Present simple tense - expresses a truth, schedule, hobby or habit of someone.There are usually, often, sometimes, rarely, always, every". The content is not much different from the usual lecture, but is presented in his own voice to the background music of the song "Fate".

"I only spent two hours on Sunday afternoon writing the lyrics, practicing singing, and recording it myself with my phone, so I didn't expect the song to have such a big impact. Many people sent me messages of thanks, some students memorized it and sang it for me. Even some English centers in the West, middle and high school teachers in Ho Chi Minh City asked for permission to use the song to teach their students at school," said Mr. Ba Dao.

Teacher Dang Ba Dao loves bolero music and decided to create a teaching method based on his interests.

The boy28 years old, graduated from Foreign Trade University with honors, used to tutor English for a while before opening his own center about 2 years ago. He justWork at an airline company and teach at night thanks to my passion for foreign languages.

The 12 tenses in English including the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous... are basic and very important knowledge. However, according to Mr. Dao, many students have learned about the tenses from 5 to 10 years ago but still cannot distinguish them. He chose this content to convey through songs to provide a standard source of documents for students. For tenses with many uses, he filtered out the most basic content, avoiding rambling and difficult to remember.

Previously, Mr. Ba Dao was famous on social networks thanks to many bolero songs translated from Vietnamese to English: Han Mac Tu, Co hang xuong (neighbor girl), Vung la me bay, Chuyen tinh hoa muong bien (sea morning glory flower)...

Song "The Neighbor Girl"

The community has given much praise to his creativity in teaching methods, saying that English is not difficult if approached through familiar songs.

Tutor 8X commented that grammar is the foundation when learning a foreign language, but it is not the destination. English learners need to grasp basic grammar first, but focusing too much on grammar is also a big obstacle. Students should overcome their fear of communication, apply grammar and other knowledge to practice, practice listening and speaking more to improve their level.

Song "The area of ​​flying tamarind leaves"

In the future, Mr. Ba Dao plans to continue to compile lectures based on bolero music, his favorite music genre. The content can be a form of comparison in English or any necessary knowledge that students will apply a lot in communication.

According to VNE