TEACHING STRESS PATTERNS TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS THROUGH MUSIC

سال انتشار: 1394
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 25 آذر 1395

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Songs play an important role in the development of young children learning a second language. A testament to this is the frequency with which songs are used in English Language Teaching classrooms all over the world. This paper begins by looking at why songs can be considered valuable pedagogical tools. The correct placement of word-level stress is a main concern in EFL speech intelligibility training. It is particularly important for EFL learners who have a drastically different stress system in their L١ (e.g Persian). 30 Iranian EFL elementary learners at a language institute participated in the study. The new technique was used to teach four stress patterns of two- and three-syllable English words. The results of the posttest indicated that the participants in the experimental group (who listened to musically-simulated patterns) obtained significantly higher scores. It is suggested that L١ negative transfer and the inherent cognitive complexity of the stress patterns may contribute to the varying effect of these musical patterns. Finally, the possible applications of using this technique at both levels of material development and classroom practice are discussed.

نویسندگان

Mohammad Piri Ardakani

Department of English Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

Anita Lashkarian

Department of English, Maybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maybod, Iran