SONG: “All I Want For Christmas Is You”
– B2 (intermediate) –
Practice Your Listening Comprehension
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When a native English-speaker, especially from Canada or the United States, thinks about Christmas music they often think about “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey. Since its first release in 1994, this modern Christmas classic has been a top-selling hit in over 30 countries, year after year. As time moves on, this song’s popularity only continues to skyrocket with countless online memes, video shorts, movies, books, and more playing or referencing it.
WHAT TO LEARN
While participating in the tradition of listening to this Christmas carol, students of the English language can practice and learn many different things, including:
American English
first person singular (I)
use of a complex grammatical subject (all I want for Christmas is)
present simple
present simple continuous
future tense
negation
adverbs
multiple uses of the preposition, “for”
contractions
unvoiced plosives
vocabulary related to:
Christmas
want and desire
and more…!
Is this a popular Christmas song where you are from? What’s another popular one that you know? Is Christmas celebrated in your home country? Practice your English by letting me know in the comments below.
