I’m a strong believer in the role music has to play when learning a language. From singing nursery rhymes with 3 year olds to analysing verb tenses in songs with advanced learners, it’s always there.

After the Brit Awards last week, I was feeling inspired. This playlist puts some of the best British music for English students in one place. There’s something for everyone; rap, indie, dance, pop, Britpop…over 4 hours of brilliant British music for you.

I started out by picking artists that have a distinct British accent or subject matter in the song, then I also added a few because they’re cool. Just because.

How to use this playlist

However you think is best for you. You can listen along passively as you work, study, or clean out your rabbit (or other tasks, of course).

Or you can take one or two songs and look at them in more detail. Type the title and artist into a search engine to find the lyrics and read (or sing!) along before taking some time to check any new grammar, vocab, or phrases with the search engine.

Try using an image search first as this avoids having to switch back to your native language and gives you a visual to associate with the new language you’ve just discovered, which will help it to stick better. However you choose to use the music, I’m sure that there’s plenty of it to keep you busy!

This playlist is also available on YouTube right here:

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