Sella Ranatasia
PBI-B 20200410042
The Effect of Using Songs On Young Learners and Their
Motivation for Learning English
From
Article in NETSOL New Trends in Social and Liberal
Sciences · October 2016.
Table of contents
01
Who is the author of the journal?
Author’s identity
02
Telling why I chose the journal (reason)
Rationale
03
The data that I got from the journal
Methods
04
Simple conclusion from the journal
Conclusion
Author’s
Identity
Has 2 authors. They are Nihada Delibegovic Dzanic and Alisa Pejic.Nihada is PhD, is one of the member Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She teaches linguistics courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She holds a PhD. in Linguistics from the University of Osijek, Croatia. Her main interests are cognitive linguistics and phraseology.
2nd author is Alisa Pejic, she is one of the member of English Departement in Osnovna škola Mejdan, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rationale
Quite simple, and because we all know if music and songs are fun
activity. The method from the
journal can be a reference when
the teachers teach the students.
Method
For the purpose of this study, consisting of students aged between 7 and 8 years, taught in different conditions. One class is shown audio recordings of the songs, while the second class is taught with video songs that include
lyrics. To test the level of motivation provided by the songs, the students
filled out a questionnaire.
Quistionares Experiment
Group (%) Controlling Group (%)
I like listening to the songs in English 100 78.57
I don’t like singing songs in English lessons 15.38 28.57
Songs are boring 7.69 21.43
The songs that our teacher plays for us are not fun 0 14.29
It is fun when we sing songs in English 84.61 92.85
I like dancing while singing 69.23 78.57
I like it when the teachers dances and singing with us 100 92.85
I like watching and listening to songs on TV 92.30 92.85
I learned some words with the help of songs 100 85.71
I can remember the song quickly 92.30 71.42
I sing English songs at home 84.61 50
T
he journal shows that student learning in elementary schools shows an increase because teachers use methods using auditoryvisual media or only auditory ones. Songs can increase interest and motivate students to
learn English.
