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This paper describes how a music website was designed and incorporated into conversational English courses as a much needed homework component.Reasons for using songs in this way are discussed,and the influences that tenets commonly associated with extensive reading have had on aspects of the site such as song selection and task flexibility are explained.After reviewing how both the visual elements of the website and the task itself have been designed to keep the site as low-maintenance and self-explanatory as possible,the paper concludes with a description of how students who use the website are assessed.