Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling dancing in "La La Land".

Musicals

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 21 December 2018 > Ready to Use


This A2 article about musicals and the tradition of high school performances in the USA should be of particular interest to those among your students who may have seen the exhibition in Paris, but also to any student with a taste for films or music. As usual, the document is but a starting point for personal expression and should lead students to formulate their own ideas and opinions.

The exhibition Comédies musicales is on at the Philharmonie in Paris until 27 January.

Grammar

  • the superlative + in (the most popular in the world ; the biggest in the world)
  • present simple vs preterite
  • relative pronouns (who, which)
  • the passive

Vocabulary

  • film and theatre related

Culture

  • Hollywood and Broadway
  • Some famous musicals and performers

Pronunciation

  • stress and liaisons


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