FunSongs News

  On Saturday 23 September Charles Goodger held a workshop for young Italian children in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna. The event was organised by Antoniano, the Italian organisation famous for its annual song competition. FunSongs will be holding special Music and English courses starting October.       

  This large Istituto Comprensivo in Altedo near Bologna serves the families living in the northern suburbs of  Italy’s fifth largest metropolis, Bologna. On Wednesday 6th September Charles Goodger will give a three-hour workshop to the teaching staff on how to integrate action songs into their English courses. The workshop also includes free  access to the FunSongs database of FunSongs action songs, teaching videos and e-books.  If you would like […]

FREE WEBINAR FOR TEACHERS! Make the best use of action songs and CLIL teaching in your English course. Join Charles Goodger for a free 45-minute course on Saturday 10th September at 11 am Italy time. Click here to receive your  attendance link or visit the FunSongs Facebook page.   

Click here to see a promotional video in Italian and English of a FunSongs course to be held at the new theatre in Granarolo dell’Emilia near Bologna, Italy. If you are interested in staging your own FunSongs Shows or courses, please contact Charles now! +39 347 1279709.  

Sometimes teachers tell me it’s not always finding videos of our action songs on youtube or the FunSongs website. So we’ve created a dedicated page with links to all our teaching action videos. Please try it out and pass it on if you like it!

  On Saturday August 4th Charles Goodger gave a webinar as part of the MMVC17 series of webinars for teachers and educators. Go here to see a recording.

FunSongs Education’s founder entertains the public.  Under his stage name Charlie Swain, Charles Goodger often interprets a range of songs in different languages on both the piano and the guitar. “As a working musician and composer, it’s really important to play live. It provides an incentive to keep studying and practising.” There’s nothing worse than indifference from the crowd at the end of a song!   

On 9th June 2017 Nic Divona and Charles Goodger performed two FunSongs Favourite Animals Shows at the prestigious International School of Como. The teachers and children who took part were highly appreciative of the interactive workshop. Contact Charles Goodger directly in Bologna if you are interested in staging FunSongs Shows at your school. Tel. +39 347 1279709 or complete the show booking form and we will contact you to make […]

  FunSongs Education’s founder Charles Goodger has been invited to hold a series of seminars on using action songs for language teaching. Thursday, June 1st has been designated  “FunSongs Day”  at the Department of Educational Sciences at Bologna University. Please follow this link  and then click on SFP for further details. 

Se sei qui probabilmente sei insegnante d’inglese e quindi il corso innovativo per gli adulti italiani non ti interessa. Tuttavia potrebbe essere d’interesse a qualcuno che conosci e pertanto ti invitiamo a diffondere l’iniziativa. Si tratta di un abbinamento innovativo di diverse abilità e intelligenze all’insegna del benessere fisico e l’apprendimento dell’inglese. Le cinque sedute, tenute da Charles Goodger e Kate Costa – ballerina, cantante e attrice madrelingua presso il […]