Nihada Delibegović Džanić & Alisa Pejić, "The Effect of Using Songs on Young Learners and Their Motivation for Learning English", NETSOL, Vol 1/2, October 2016, pp.40-54, http://www.netsoljournal.net/ (original) (raw)

The Effect of Using Songs On Young Learners and Their Motivation for Learning English

New trends in social and liberal sciences, 2016

Songs are appreciated for their linguistic, pedagogical, cultural and entertaining features and they are precious language learning materials. They can be used to teach and develop every aspect of a language. This paper aims to verify these claims and confirm the effectiveness of using songs as a means to improve young learners' English language vocabulary and to determine whether songs influence young learners' motivation to learn English. The paper deals with theoretical explanations of young learners, listening skills, and different aspects of using and teaching songs. It also discusses how songs influence motivation and the connection of songs with some language learning theories. The analytical part of the paper explains the procedure and the results obtained from the pre-tests, post-tests and delayed tests for three different children's songs as well as from the questionnaire that was done in order to collect information about motivation provided by songs. The results showed that songs have a positive influence on vocabulary retention of young learners. Whatever setting is used, aural or aural/visual, the results prove that songs are suitable for different learning styles, they encourage positive learning experience, and enhance their knowledge. Songs aid motivation and help learners develop a love for language learning. Students motivated in this way are imaginative, creative, and eager to learn and succeed.

Songs as motivational tools for teaching english to children

2016

This research project was developed to determine a motivational tool for teaching of English language in children 7-8 years old in order to increase the interest in the language. The particular problem is that students are not motivated by the teacher to learn English. Therefore, researchers suggest songs as a motivational tool for promoting the interest in the learning process and improve skills in the English language. To develop this research was applied a qualitative approach and descriptive method that helped to collect, interpret, analyze and discuss the data obtained from the "Semillas de Vida" Educative Unit. As instruments were used the class observation sheet applied to teacher and the survey applied to three teachers of English area. Through the class observation sheet was evident that the teacher does not use motivational tools to achieve good development in student learning. On the other hand, the survey allowed to know what tools they use; which do not help t...

English Songs as Means of Aiding Students' Proficiency Development

Asian Social …, 2012

The major aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of using songs in teaching English language to primary school students. This research will specifically investigate to what extent songs can contribute to the development of students' language proficiency. The research is designed to find out whether using songs can be an effective way in creating positive attitude and motivation in language learners. The research will be carried out through the use of questionnaire. The data will be analyzed using the SPSS software to determine the best statistical technique to be used to test the hypotheses and to interpret the result. This is a preliminary survey research and it is hoped that this research will give an opportunity to teachers to realize songs help improve students' language proficiency. From the survey, it has been discovered that the use of song not only helps the understanding, it also stimulates and increases the students' interest to learn, enjoy and engage in the learning process. Furthermore, it accelerates students' confidence, learning ability and skill when activities are highly motivated and memorable. Future researchers should extend this research to other samples in other localities and cultures.

Teaching English to Young Learners through Songs

Teaching English to Young Learners has become a trend nowadays. In every school, English is taught as one of the main subjects. In teaching young learners is not like teaching adults, children have their own way of learning. Since children like to play and have fun, the learning and teaching process should be suited with the nature of the children themselves. One of the forms of fun activities for children is through music, and songs are the common form of music that children know. Through this paper, the writer wants to show that through songs, children could enhance their language skills, such as speaking, listening and writing.

The Influence of English Song Toward Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Students’ Motivation

PREMISE JOURNAL:ISSN online: 2442-482x, ISSN printed: 2089-3345, 2017

Learning vocabulary is the important aspect for the students when they are studying English. The students need fresh method to make them enjoy in learning process. The teacher should be able to deliver the material well. Using media appropriately is also needed for teachers. The objectives of this research are to know whether English song can improve the students’ vocabulary at the second semester of English education study program in University of Muhammadiyah Metro, to reveal whether English song English song influence the students’ motivation at the second semester of English education study program in learning process, to portray how much English song influence the students’ vocabulary mastery and students’ motivation at the second semester of English education study program in academic year 2015/2016The population in this research is 40 students. It is consist 2 classes and each class consists of 20 students..The result of the data analysis proved that the value of t-test (tobs...

The Effect of Using Songs on Young English Learners’ Motivation in Jordan

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2020

A song is a work of poetry that is typically intended to be sung by human voice many studies have tackled the importance of implementing songs in teaching English as a second language (ESL) showing that they can be very effective in developing student’s grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary retention. This paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of using songs on young student’s motivation in Jordan. The participants were two different groups from a private school in Jerash. Their motivation was examined with and without implementing music. Analysis of the data using a t– test suggested that using songs in teaching English for young learners was significantly effective in raising their motivation to learn the language. The study also concluded with some implications about the effective use of songs to enhance the effect of these results.

Using English Songs To Increase Early Students' Vocabulary

English Education Journal, 2017

Early childhood is a child in the age of 0-6 years. In this age, the development and growth of physical and mental of children develop rapidly. Meanwhile, the aspects developed in early childhood education are: religious and moral values, physical (consisting of gross motor, fine motor and physical health), cognitive (consisting of general knowledge and science, concepts, shapes, colors, sizes and patterns, number concepts, symbols of numbers and letters), language (consisting of accepting language, expressing language and script) and emotional social. Language skills are one of the aspects which are developed at this age. Therefore, researchers intend to examine the level of mastery of the language of children through the song. This study aims to improve the vocabulary of early childhood, where this result affects the children’s ability to speak a foreign language in the future. This study is a Classroom Action Research, which aims to improve the ability of children English by usin...

The Using of English Songs to Activate Student's Speaking English Skills

LingPoet: Journal of Linguistics and Literary Research

This study's objective was to examine how songs were used to teach speaking proficiency to elementary school kids as well as the issues that teachers ran into. The goal of incorporating the song into all learning phases is to help students become accustomed to the English language's vocabulary and pronunciation by employing an enjoyable method—a song that they are already familiar with. Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the teacher primarily integrated the song into the learning in three activities, such as the opening, while, and closing activities, by providing the students with the link to a YouTube video and assisting them with translation to motivate the students to learn to speak English by using the song. The problem that mostly occurred in the class teaching song for speaking English was not confident in speaking. Because of that, implementing the song for learning English to activate students’ speaking skill.

Enhancing Learners Vocabulary Skills by Means of English Songs – an Experimental Study

2020

In the core of teaching the four macro skills of a language, vocabulary is considered to be the panacea to achieve absolute mastery of the target language. It is considered to be the crucial rudiment towards learning a foreign language and if not mastered in the apt way may lead to a serious impediment on a learner. Therefore, in order to avoid this from happening songs could be considered as a solution to assist the learners’ from having low mastery of English vocabulary. In the day to day communication hearing the songs could be considered as a solution to increase the tendency of awareness in recognising English vocabulary. Hence, this proposed study has intended to examine the use of English songs on learners’ vocabulary mastery skills, which was conducted through an experimental design. In this research, there was one class each that were chosen as research samples. The first one was considered as an experimental group, while later was the control. Each class had thirty student...

The Use of Songs: An Alternative for Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adolescents

2020

Songs are widely used to teach language due to the large number of advantages they have for students, beyond the mere linguistic scope. This paper aims at presenting the main benefits the use of songs provides for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, in particular for teenage learners. For this purpose, firstly, the teenage brain modus operandi is described with the intention of clarifying students' behaviour within this age range and of applying those findings to their learning process. In particular, based on research, it is shown that the adolescent brain suffers a wide range of changes during this period, serving as an explanation for teenagers' behaviour inside and outside the classroom. It is argued that having this knowledge at hand, teachers can modify their methodology to achieve an improvement in their students' learning process. Secondly, a summary of the main ideas in the literature on the relation between music and language is provided. In particular, it is shown that music and language are closely related in the human brain, being the areas that process language closely connected to the ones that process music. Thirdly, the special benefits the use of songs have on language learners are discussed and divided into affective, cognitive and linguistic benefits. Within the affective category, songs are presented as an aid for increasing motivation and self-esteem in addition to lowering anxiety and stress. With regard to the cognitive benefits, it is argued that songs contribute to the use of memory and attention. Finally, songs also serve as a source of reference for vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. In order to illustrate the didactic applications of the theoretical issues that have been discussed in the paper, four different activities for teenage students of English at a B1-B2 level are designed and provided in the last part of this paper. The activities integrate the four language skills.