Enhancing students’ motivation
by using music and songs
By
Juriana Lubis
Juriana.lubis@yahoo.co.id
What are students’ problems?
Learning is challenging
Having low response
Getting Low scores on exam
Introduction
Unmotivated
Motivation is a factor to determine whether individual’ goals are high or low (Brown, 2001,
What is motivation?
According to Turner (1995) stated that motivation to be synonymous with
cognitive engagement, which he defines as “voluntary uses of high-level
self-regulated learning strategies, such as paying attention, connection, planning, and monitoring”
Gredler, Broussard and Garrison (2004) define motivation as the attribute that moves us to do or
Having high motivation will create effective
process
Motivation create teaching atmosphere
Students will be active and creative
It can grow students’ interest and inspiration
Orlova (2003) : Using music and songs has
been considered as a methodology in
teaching English as a foreign language.
Lo and Li (1998) : Learning English through
songs provides a non-threatening
atmosphere for students.
1. Zainol Abidin (2011)
Better enthusiasm
Significant improvement in speaking
2. Chunxuan Shen (2009)
Students have effective power when use songs
3. Sarah Paskalia (2014)
Students became excited to participate
Songs improved students’ motivation
1. Do translation
2. Train listening skill
3. Practice speaking
4. Enhance vocabulary
Teacher should motivate students by
teaching English creatively
.
Conclusion
Using music and songs
Schoepp (2001): songs are largely beneficial to motivate
Schoepp K, 2001. Reason for Using Songs in the ESL/EFL
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Broussard, S. C., & Garrison, M. E. B. (2004). The relationship
between classroom motivation and academic achievement in
elementary school-aged children. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 33(2), 106–120.)
Orlova.N.F (2003). Helping prospective EFL teacher learn how to
use songs in conversation classroom. The internet TESL Journal,9.3.http//itslj.org/techniques/orlova-songs.html
Lo,R.S.M & H.F.C.Li (1998).Song enhance learner
involvement.English Teaching Forum
Turner, J. C. (1995). The influence of classroom contexts on
young children’s motivation for literacy. Reading Research Quarterly, 30(3), 410–441.
