Many people thought (wished?) that the genre of music called rap would be just a passing phase. But rap music has proved to be very durable. Born in U.S. ghettos, it has spread throughout the world and is more popular than ever today.

Rap texts can be used to great advantage in English teaching, e.g. as the ideal ‘appetizer’ when introducing new topics, as a ‘motivator’ to stimulate sagging interest, or as a kind of reward for completing a topic. (The raps marked with an asterisk are the ‘bestsellers’.) More importantly, the rhyme, rhythm and motion of rapping is ideally suited to learning English.

The following raps including Suggested Activities, 1 € each or 5 for 3 €, can be ordered by email: pauldavenpo@googlemail.com

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• Animal Rap
• Captain Google Rap
• Chewing Gum Rap
• Christmas Rap
• Clock Rap
• Communication Rap*
• Cyber  Bully Rap*
• Dear Diary Rap
• Donut Rap
• Extreme Sport Rap
• Facebook Rap (Special Day Rap)
• Fifty States Rap
• Favorite Food Rap
• Fruit Rap
• Gelsenkirchen Rap
• Get Respect Rap
• Global Warning Rap
• Hey, You Man! Rap*
• I Got Money Rap
• It’s Media Time Rap*
• Loser’s Rap
• Mean Mouth Rap
• Mr. Twitter Rap
• New Day Rap
• New Year Rap
• One and Twenty Rap
• Rap for Cyber Guys
• Rap for Einstein
• Rip Van Winkle Rap
• Shoulders of Giants Rap
• Shut down that PC Rap*
• Small Town America Rap
• SMS Blues Rap*
• Snakeman Rap*
• Soul’s Gotta Catch Up Rap
• Stalking Rap
• Statue of Liberty Rap
• Stingrays Rap
• Sunny Island Rap
• Take That Rap
• The IM Rap
• The Nationality Rap + Test*
• There’s a Cow Rap
• The Scarborough Men Rap
• Tiger in the Woods Rap
• Tischen Rap
• Uncle Duncan Rap
• Vegetable Rap
• Vision Rap
• Weather Forecast Rap
• What’d you do Today Rap
• What’s Life? Rap