ESL WORKSHEET - Tina Turner

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

MUSIC ICON TINA TURNER

PASSES AWAY AT 83

LinguaHouse
May 26, 2023

Level: Mixed Levels (B1-B2; B2-C1)
Type of English: General English
Tags: Sound and Music; Entertainment; Breaking News; Celebrities and Historical Figures; 16-18 Years Old; 13-15 Years Old; 18+ Years Old; Video Talk
Publication date: 05/26/2023

Sadly, the queen of rock and roll passed away. To pay tribute to Tina Turner, this breaking news worksheet features a video and an article about the popstar. The lesson starts with a fun quiz about the icon and, after doing some vocabulary and comprehension tasks, students will see some of her most famous lyrics, practicing rhyme and pronunciation. They then role play an interview with the singer, and discuss some questions about their favorite act and tunes (by Edward Alden).

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CLICK HERE to download/watch the video 1.

VIDEO 1

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

News Reporter: Tina Turner, sometimes nicknamed the queen of rock ‘n’ roll, died on Wednesday at the age of 83.
A representative said the legendary singer died peacefully after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht, near Zurich, Switzerland. Known for her chart-topping song “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”, in which she called love ‘a second-hand emotion’, Turner epitomized 1980’s style and often strutted red carpets with her spiky blonde hair, a short skirt and stiletto heels.
In an interview from 1996, Turner was asked how she kept fit:
Tina Turner: “Just to get it out of the way, I’ll just tell you that everyone is now going to the gyms and exercising and carrying on and it is said that it’s good for your health. All of us yelling and, and I’ve been singing and traveling and dancing for 35 years. So, I think that my work has taken care of all of my aerobic classics. So that’s the answer to that one, alright?”
News Reporter: Turner won six of her eight Grammy Awards in the 1980s. Years later in 2008, Turner and Beyoncé performed together at the Grammys.
Beyoncé: “Tina rocks! She is absolute best, it’s something that I’ve been wanting to do for years and it actually happened. It’s amazing when those moments come to life.”
News Reporter: Ike Turner was the person to discover Tina at the age of 17 when she grabbed the mic at a St. Louis club in 1957. He gave her the stage name Tina Turner before the two married in Mexico. The superstar left Ike Turner in 1976 and was forthcoming about the abuse she suffered from her former husband during their marital and musical partnership in the 1960s and 1970s. Their divorce was finalized in 1978. Private Dancer, from 1984, went on to become Turner’s biggest album, the capstone of her career that saw her sell more than 200 million records in total. In 1985 Turner met German music executive, Irwin Bach. Years later, she married him, relinquishing her US citizenship and becoming a citizen of Switzerland.
She battled a number of health problems after retiring and then faced family tragedies with the death of two sons. Tina Turner is survived by Bach and two sons of Ike’s that she adopted.

VIDEO 2

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