Kermit Ruffins, a jazz musician from New Orleans, Louisiana has decided in this song to sing about the grandiosity of his native city. Sometimes we simply love a certain place and all the things associated with it. This is how Kermit Ruffins feels about New Orleans. In this song, we can listen to Ruffins sing in his low-pitched, jazzy voice about how much he and other people love New Orleans, which is considered the birthplace of jazz music.

Ruffins not only sings about the greatness of the city itself, but also about its swinging atmosphere and the great people who are part of it. This song is a clear example of jazz music, a musical genre native to the USA and which combines African and European influences. As a special bonus, we can listen to Ruffins perform some nice scat, which involves singing nonsense syllables in a way that imitates a musical instrument. Scat singing is a very typical characteristic of jazz music.

The board game Name Your Favorite provides an opportunity for students to talk about their favorite things in a variety of categories. For this board game, you will find the downloadable game, game instructions, and game variations.

This activity sheet requires unscrambling a factual statement about cars and a follow-up question that can be used for classroom discussion.

Recognizing the relevance of English for Specific Purposes, this article outlines an approach for using authentic readings in a course in Engineering English. The article describes the importance of needs analysis, rhetorical focus, and reading for content; it suggests content for 15 lessons and provides a sample worksheet and other suggestions for assessment.