The Beatles: Sound, Rhythm & Cultural Impact

Pronunciation - B2-C1 | Advance Level

8 $

Mar. 04 Wed , 13:00 USA

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Description

In this class, you are learning to:

1️⃣ Speak in thought groups (not word-by-word).
2️⃣ Stress content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives) and reduce grammar words.
3️⃣ Link words together naturally (no robotic pauses).
4️⃣ Use weak forms (to → /tə/, of → /əv/, and → /ən/).
5️⃣ Maintain rhythm while expressing complex ideas.

Session Activities

1: What’s the first Beatles song that comes to your mind?

2: Do you associate them more with music or with cultural change?

3: Were they popular in your country? With which generation?

1: Do you think their music still sounds modern, or does it feel dated?

2: Which member of the band seems the most influential to you?

3: If you had lived in the 1960s, would you have been a fan? Why?

4: What makes a band legendary instead of just famous?

5: Have you ever changed your opinion about a classic artist?

6: How did The Beatles reflect social changes of the 1960s?

7: In your country, what band had a similar cultural impact?

8: Do artists today influence society as much as they did in the past?

9: Has streaming culture reduced the cultural power of music?

ahead of their time

More advanced or progressive than the period they lived in.

kind of / sort of

Used to soften or make an opinion less direct.

end up + -ing

To eventually reach a final result, often unexpected.

blow up

To gain sudden and widespread popularity.

a whole generation of…

A large group of people from the same age period.

back in the day

Informal expression meaning “in the past.”