“The Song of Words” teaching multi-word units with songs
The need to integrate songs into English Language Teaching (ELT) has been recognized on numerous occasions. Song lyrics host multi-word units which learners can reuse as building blocks in their English, thereby reducing language processing time and effort, and improving their fluency as well as i...
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| description | The need to integrate songs into English Language Teaching (ELT) has been recognized on numerous occasions.
Song lyrics host multi-word units which learners can reuse as building blocks in their English, thereby reducing
language processing time and effort, and improving their fluency as well as idiomaticity, thus bringing them
closer to the native speaker norm. We report on two studies into the effectiveness of using songs for teaching
multi-word units to high-school Polish learners of English. The same items were taught to two groups of EFL
learners, but only one of the groups heard them in a song. Learners’ vocabulary recall was measured at three
points in time relative to the teaching: before, immediately after, and a week after. The group taught with songs
showed a significant recall advantage over the other group, especially when tested a week from teaching. The
results suggest that songs can be an effective vehicle for teaching English multi-word units. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:140072020-01-24T00:04:06Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14007/ “The Song of Words” teaching multi-word units with songs Tomczak, Ewa Lew, Robert The need to integrate songs into English Language Teaching (ELT) has been recognized on numerous occasions. Song lyrics host multi-word units which learners can reuse as building blocks in their English, thereby reducing language processing time and effort, and improving their fluency as well as idiomaticity, thus bringing them closer to the native speaker norm. We report on two studies into the effectiveness of using songs for teaching multi-word units to high-school Polish learners of English. The same items were taught to two groups of EFL learners, but only one of the groups heard them in a song. Learners’ vocabulary recall was measured at three points in time relative to the teaching: before, immediately after, and a week after. The group taught with songs showed a significant recall advantage over the other group, especially when tested a week from teaching. The results suggest that songs can be an effective vehicle for teaching English multi-word units. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14007/1/32023-115963-7-PB.pdf Tomczak, Ewa and Lew, Robert (2019) “The Song of Words” teaching multi-word units with songs. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 25 (4). pp. 16-33. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1230 |
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