Akon - Lonely

Akon Lonely

Click-on Summary • While-Listening activity • Classcheck while-listening • Vocabulary: “lonely” and “call my own” • Lonely or Only? • Conversation • Nobody drill • Idioms • Teachers’ guide

Listen to the song and answer: • How does he feel? • Why does he feel that way?

Check with part of the lyrics. I'm so lonely (so lonely), I'm Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely) I have nobody (I have nobody) To call my own (to call my own) girl

• How does he feel? ⇒ He feels lonely. • Why does he feel that way? ⇒ Because he has nobody to call his own.

What do they mean? • “Lonely”: (b) unhappy because you’re not with other

people (c) unique; very different from other people (d) single and free as a bird

• “Call my own”: (g) remember the person’s name without any help (h) consider something/somebody yours

Lonely or Only? _________. • I don’t have a girlfriend. I feellonely only woman for me. • You’re the ________

• I don’t have any brothers or sisters. I’m an only child. ______ • Her parents don’t care about her, so she lonely gets __________ all the time. only one thing to tell you: it’s • I have _______ over.

Discuss. 1) Do you ever feel lonely? Why? 2) What do you do to feel better? 3) Do you have anybody to keep you company? 4) What are the pros and cons: - of having a partner? - of not having one?

Nobody, anybody or somebody? - Do you have anybody ___________ to love? nobody - No, I have __________.  - No, I don’t haveanybody _________.  somebod - Yes, I have ______________.  y

anybody - Are you independent? Do you need _______?

Nothing, anything or something? - Do you have anything ___________ to do tonight? nothing to do.  - No, I have __________ - No, I don’t haveanything _________ to do.  something - Yes, I have ______________ to do.  _______ about your teacher? - Do you knowanything anything _______ tonight? - Are you going to do

Nowhere, anywhere or somewhere? - Do you have anywhere ___________ to live? somewhere to live.  - Yes, I have ______________ - No, I don’t haveanywhere _________ to live.  nowhere to live.  - No, I have __________ - Are you goinganywhere _________ on your holidays?

In pairs, discuss the meaning of the idioms in yellow. • I don't aspire to anything very grand - I just

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want a place I can call my own. I like living on my own. I did my buttons up all on my own, Mummy! You actually like modern jazz, do you? Each to their own. Josie can hold her own (ground) in any argument. "Where have you been?" "Mind your own business!" (= MYOB)

Match the definitions to the idioms. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

( ) alone

call my own ( on my own ( (all) on my own Each to their own( hold her own (ground) ( Mind your own business (MYOB)

) without any help ) to be as successful as other people or things in a situation ) to consider something as belonging to you ) used to tell someone in a rude way that you do not want them to ask about something private

( ) used to say that everyone likes different things

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What idioms did you learn? call my own on my own (all) on my own Each to his/their own. hold her own (ground) Mind your own business! (= MYOB)

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How many of those idioms can you put into a single short dialogue?

Teachers’ guide • The 3rd slide is a while-listening task. You can leave the • • • •

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questions on the board. After they listen to the song, they check their answers in pairs with the help of the lyrics on slide 4. Work with vocabulary for lower levels with slides 5 and 6. Finish up with slide 7, a small-group conversation task. Cultura/Young 3 teachers can use the verse “I have nobody” to conduct a short substitution drill on slides 8-10 (lesson B3). Use the first dialogue to elicit the rule, and have pairs do a similar dialogue with the question as a prompt. Advanced groups may work with idioms with “own” on slides 11-13. Credits: http://dictionary.cambridge.org for the example sentences and definitions on slides 11 and 13. Please report any broken links or mistakes.