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’interestandbuilduplearners’confidence.Additionally,Englishsongisanimportantroleinhelpingwithcorrectingthepronunciation,rememberingandaccumulatingvocabulary,learningforeignculture,anddevelopingsensitivitytoEnglish.Sothispaperbringsforthastrategy,thatis,toteachEnglishbyEnglishsongs.KeyWords:Englishteaching;Englishsongs摘要英文歌曲对英语学习有着很大的帮助，它不仅能够创造一种轻松愉快的气氛，而且还有利于提高学习者的兴趣，增强学习者的信心，从而促进英语学习。另外，英文歌曲可以帮助矫正英语语音，牢记和积累大量词汇，学习外国文化和培养英语语感等等，而这些方面都对英语能力的提高起着很大的促进作用。因此，本文提出了一个策略，即充分利用英文歌曲教英语。关键词：英语教学；英文歌曲……………………………………………………………..13.SomeconnectionsbetweenmusicandEnglishlearning………………………………..…….......14.SomeadvantagesofEnglishsongs………………………………………………………………..24.1Englishsongscanarouseinterestandheightenconfidence…………………..24.2Englishsongscanstrengthenmemoryandaccumulatelanguagematerials…...34.3Englishsongsaregoodforlearningpronunciationandrhythm…………….....44.4Englishsongsaregoodforstudentstocontrollinggrammar………………......54.5Englishsongsareasourceofauralinput……………………………………...64.6Englishsongscontainamountsofcomprehensivelanguageknowledge………64.7Englishsongscarryrichforeignculture………………………………………..75.ThemethodologyofusingEnglishsongstoteachEnglish…………………………...85.1.TheselectionprinciplesofEnglishsongs……………………………………...95.2ThestepsofteachingEnglishsongs…………………………………………...106.Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………11References……………………………………………………………………………..…12’life.Firstmusicisagreatlanguagepackagethatbundlesculture,vocabulary,listening,grammarandahostofotherlanguageskills.Second,musicnotonlycancontroltherhythmofhumanbody,butalsohasadirectinfluenceonhumanbrain.Musiccancheerupaperson,makeapersonfullofhighspirit,andevenbringoutaperson’sactivemood.SoitcanhelpthebrainmemorizethingsmorequicklyandhelptokeepthemforamuchlongertimeThethird,asDuanRuiling(1997)evermentionedthat“students’bigattainmentinmusic,orhighmusicintelligence,hasapositiveinfluenceontheirpronunciation.”3.SomeconnectionsbetweenmusicandEnglishlearningMusicandlanguagehavesomefeaturesincommon.Suchasstress,tone,pausesand“Thehigherone’smusicintelligenceis,themoresenseofrhythmofspokenEnglishhehas.AccordingtoFonsecaMora(2000)”,musicnatureoflanguageinfluencesanEnglishlearner’spronunciationandeventhewholeprocessofhisEnglishstudy.Additionally,therelationshipbetweenlisteningandspeakingcannotbeignored.Languageinputcomesbeforelanguageoutput.Listeningisaprocessofinformationinput.Whilespeakingisaprocessofinformationoutput.Inotherwords,musicisakindoflanguageinputwhichhelpsthelearnertostoreandconveyallkindsofinformation.4SomeadvantagesofEnglishsongs4.1EnglishsongscanarouseinterestandheightenconfidenceEveryonelikessongs.Englishsongsareenjoyableandattractivebecauseoftheiraffectivepower.Songscancreateanatmospherethatmakespeoplefeelrelaxed.So,thestudentswillnotfeelsoanxiousorshytospeakEnglishastheyareattractedbytheinterestingmusic.Asweknowinterestisthebestguide.Whenstudentsfeelenjoyable,theirinterestcanbeeasilystimulated.Ifinthecourseoflearning,teachersteachsomesongswithpartofthelanguagerules,thestudentswillparticipateinsingingactively,thereforethiskindofactivitywouldhelpthestudentstomemorizethelanguagematerials.BysingingEnglishsongs,theinteresttolearnEnglishisaroused.Atthesametimeifthosewhoarelearning’confidence.WhenteachersfindsomestudentsarelackingoftheconfidencetospeakEnglishloudly,teacherscanusethismethodtoletthesestudentssingEnglishsongsandtoencouragethemtospeakoutEnglishbravely.Thustheconfidenceofthestudentswouldbemoreeasilyheightened.4.2Englishsongscanstrengthenmemoryandaccumulatelanguagematerials.Inthelanguagelearningalotofknowledgeneedtoberememberedspecially.Itwilltakealotoftimetoreadandrecitemechanically.Aftersometime,theknowledgewillallbeforgotten.Ifwewritesongswiththeselanguagerulesorchoosesuitablesongs,wewillf