Using English Songs: an Enjoyable and Effective Approach to ELTUsing English Songs: an Enjoyable and Effective Approach to ELT

How can ELT be made enjoyable and effective? One feasible pedagogical application is to integrate English songs into ELT. Song, a combination of music and lyrics, possesses many intrinsic merits, such as a kaleidoscope of culture, expressiveness, recitability and therapeutic functions, which render it an invaluable source for language teaching. This paper provides theoretical arguments and practical support for using English songs in ELT.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  English Language Teaching

• Publication date

  2009-02-19

• Fields of study

  Linguistics, Education, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5539/ELT.V2N1P88
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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