24 Songs in Spanish to Practice Vocabulary

Here is a suggested list of contemporary songs in Spanish to try in class for your students to build and practice vocabulary in context.

We have created a clozeline (fill-in-the-blanks) for each of them in 2 or 3 versions to choose from according to your students’ listening comprehension level. Each cloze is also digitally fillable!

Some of these songs come in a PACK with additional activities to go more in-depth. This will give you the versatility of using them all or picking only a couple of them depending on your students’ needs or your class schedule.

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Songs in Spanish with Fill-In-The-Blanks Vocabulary Practice

1. Mecano – Hijo de la Luna – Past Indefinite and Vocabulary: Legends
2. Tito El Bambino Ft Jadiel – Sol, playa y arena – Beach Vocabulary
3. Joan Manuel Serrat – Fiesta – Present, Vocabulary: Spanish Festivals
4. Call Me Maybe en Español – Listening Comprehension
5. Natalia Jimenez – Creo en mí – Bullying [PACK]
6. María Isabel López – Antes muerta que sencilla – Beauty Vocabulary

Vocabulary: The Arts

1. Mecano – ‘Eungenio’ Salvador Dalí – Art Vocabulary
2. Disney – Bajo el mar (La Sirenita) – Vocabulary: Musical Instruments and Feeling
3. Mecano – El cine – Cinema Vocabulary
4. Azul Azul – La bomba – Dancing Vocabulary

Grammar and Language

1. Coti – ¿Dónde están corazón? – Questions with DONDE [PACK]
2. Disney – Bella y Bestia son (La Bella y la Bestia) – Vocabulary With Suffixes “-tion” and “-sion”
3. Ricky Martin – La mordidita – Diminutives
4. Carlos Varela – Círculo de Tiza – Compound Sentences Connectors
5. Álex Ubago – Sabes – Love Vocabulary

Days of the Week, Months of the Year, and Daily Routine

1. Obie Bermúdez – 4:30 am – Daily Routine
2. Carlos D’Castro – Los otros cinco – Days of the Week [PACK]
3. Pasabordo – El calendario – Months of the Year in Spanish [PACK]

Vocabulary: Food

1. Jesse & Joy – Chocolate – Food Vocabulary, History of Chocolate [PACK]
2. Danza invisible – Sabor de amor – Eating Vocabulary

Vocabulary: Soccer

1. Ignacio Copani – Dame fútbol – Soccer Vocabulary
2. Daddy Yankee – Grito Mundial – Prepositions, FIFA World Cup, Soccer
3. Shakira – La la la- Vocabulary: Football and Nations
4. Ricky Martin – Copa de la vida – Infinitive Verbs and Sports Vocabulary

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