The Effect of Using English Songs on Speaking Ability of Iranian Pre-school Students in Kerman

سال انتشار: 1400
محل انتشار: مطالعات زبان کاربردی ایران، دوره: 13، شماره: 1
کد COI اختصاصی: JR_IJALS-13-1_006
زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
تعداد مشاهده: 323

نویسندگان

Department of TEFL and English Literature, Kerman Institute of Higher Education, Kerman, Iran

چکیده

This study assessed the effect of using English songs on Iranian pre-school students’ speaking proficiency in Kerman. The study was conducted at Novin pre-school, in total, fifty pre-school students aged ۵-۶ participated in the study. At the beginning of the study, a pre-test of speaking was administered to the participants of the study. Then, they were assigned into two groups, ۲۵ students were in the control group and ۲۵ students were in the experimental group. English songs were used to expand the students' speaking proficiency in the experimental group and the participants of the control group utilized conventional methods of teaching speaking skills. After the treatment, a speaking post-test was administered to the participants of both groups to assess the effect of treatments on their speaking ability. The results were analyzed using the independent samples t-test and paired samples t-test. The results of the study indicated that English songs had a significant effect on the speaking ability of Iranian pre-school students in Kerman. Finally, the findings of the study assist the pre-school instructors to attract their students to learn a foreign language by using a song-based strategy.

کلیدواژه ها

authentic materials, English songs, pre-school students, speaking skills

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