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Ian Michael Robinson – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
The ubiquitous nature and diffusion of songs sung in English has meant that a great number of EFL and ESP students are listening to English and acquiring some notions about the language almost subconsciously. Such songs have also been incorporated into English as an L2 practice for, probably, almost as long as English has been taught as a foreign…
Descriptors: Singing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English for Special Purposes
Anna C-S Chang – TESL-EJ, 2024
Singing or listening to songs is one of the most common L2 activities outside the classroom, and many language teachers integrate songs in their teaching; however, the effect of varying song practice modes on L2 learners' retention of linguistic knowledge is under-researched. Eighty-seven EFL learners of university students were recruited and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary, Retention (Psychology), Singing
Enrique Alejandro Basabe; Mary Beringause – English Teaching Forum, 2024
Throughout 2022, we carried out an outreach project called "Young Adults and Pop Songs in English: Exploring Connections for Post-Pandemic Teaching" at the National University of La Pampa in Argentina. The project consisted of a sequence of online and in-person workshops for young adults (YAs) between the ages of 14 and 18. The workshops…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music, Popular Culture, Young Adults
Budianto, Suhartawan; Sayidah, Nur; Sucipto; Mustofa, Amirul – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
This study investigated young learner preference for using games and songs to learn English in the EFL context. Many ways have been found to assist young learners in acquiring English as a Foreign Language. The students' perceptions were taken from the questionnaire. The result showed that most students liked it better when the teachers used games…
Descriptors: Singing, Preferences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tsang, Art; Paran, Amos; Lau, Wilfred W. F. – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Set against the backcloth of increasing recognition and attention to literature in foreign language education (FLE) globally, this article reports part of a large-scale study of 1,190 secondary-level learners' views of the benefits of literature, as instantiated by short stories (ShS) and poems and songs (PS) in their English-as-a-foreign-language…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Temur, Mehmet – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
"Why can't I recognize and understand the words clearly rehearsed by the teacher while lecturing or musicians while singing or the native speakers of English while dialoguing?" This situation has been a great challenge and an issue not only for the learners of English Language at English preparatory school at Inonu University but also…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Korakoch Attaviriyanupap – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
Cultural awareness is essential in foreign language education. This paper explores two projects that exemplify the integration of cultural elements into foreign language learning involving both first language (L1) and second language (L2) cultures. The first project was initiated in the course "German Cinema". It focuses on the legendary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German, Pronunciation
Tsang, Art; Paran, Amos – Curriculum Journal, 2021
Literature has been gaining growing attention in second language (L2)/foreign language (FL) education globally. In a number of places such as Hong Kong, literature has recently been given greater emphasis in the L2/FL curricula. This article reports part of a large-scale study examining learners' views of two English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Secondary School Students
Scheckel, Benita Landesman; Kula, Stacy M. – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2021
Because long-term English language learners (LTELs) in California normatively take two hours of English language instruction beginning in middle school, their schedules disallow participation in electives, such as arts, representing a significant opportunity gap. This mixed methods study examined the student, parent, and teacher experiences as…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Music Education, Singing
Intercultural Learning through Chinese-American Telecollaboration: Results of a Song Sharing Project
Han Luo; Pan Gao – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This study reports on the results of a semester-long Chinese-American telecollaborative exchange via WeChat, in which students from China and the U.S. shared thematically similar songs in their respective languages and discussed relevant cultural topics that were suggested by the students. Various types of qualitative data collected from the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication, Computer Software, Group Discussion
Michelle Wagner – English Journal, 2021
"Transcendentalism" refers to philosophical, religious, and literary beliefs held by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Amos Bronson Alcott, and other writers in New England during the 1830s and 1840s. Emerson believed in the significance of one's intuition and individuality. He expresses these beliefs in his…
Descriptors: Singing, Teaching Methods, English, Grade 11
Shanthi, Alice; Jaafar, Zuraidah – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
In this article, we present a study aimed to explore the attitude, interest and perception of students learning English language beyond the classroom using a list of activities such as Readers Theatre, Storyboard, Academic Explorace, Spell it right and Melodies of Pilah. A survey was conducted involving 466 students from different faculties who…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, English (Second Language)
Demirci, Cavide; Yavaslar, Erhan – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
Active learning strategy has an important role in helping students gain twenty-first-century skills such as creativity, collaboration, responsibility and effective communication. By being more active and free in classrooms, students take their own learning responsibility. In this study, we wanted to see the active learning strategy through…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Campisi, Salvatore – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The song 'La ballata dell'amore cieco (o della vanità)' (1966), by Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André (1940-1999), offers students opportunities to practise their language skills, stimulate their cultural appreciation, and expand their knowledge of a musical and poetic form (the ballad), while reflecting on the close connection between…
Descriptors: Singing, Case Studies, Italian, Second Language Learning
Häusler, Angela H. – Education Sciences, 2021
This article opens an analytical window into the creation of multilingual guerrilla translations by participants in a preservice language teacher program at a public university in the United States. As an intervention responding to the prevalence of English monolingual signage on this highly diverse university campus, the college students invited…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Singing, Language Teachers, Advocacy