Singing songs facilitates L2 pronunciation and vocabulary learning: a study with Chinese adolescent ESL learners

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• dc.contributor.author Zhang, Yuan
• dc.contributor.author Baills, Florence
• dc.contributor.author Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-29T06:59:30Z
• dc.date.available 2024-11-29T06:59:30Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description.abstract The present study assesses the effect of a three-session classroom-based training program involving singing songs with familiar melodies on second-language pronunciation and vocabulary learning. Ninety-five adolescent Chinese ESL learners (M = 14.04 years) were assigned to one of two groups. Participants learned the lyrics in English of three songs whose melodies were familiar to them either by singing or reciting the lyrics, following a native English singer/instructor. Before and after training, participants performed two vocabulary tasks (picture-naming and word meaning recall tasks) and two pronunciation tasks (word and sentence oral-reading tasks). The results revealed that although both groups showed gains in vocabulary and pronunciation after training, the singing group outperformed the speech group. These findings support the value of using songs with familiar melodies to teach second languages at the early stages of learning in an ESL classroom context.
• dc.description.sponsorship This research was supported by the Generalitat de Catalunya [2017 SGR_971]; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades [PGC2018-097007-B-I00]; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [PID2021-123823NB-I00]. The second author acknowledges funding by the European Union-NextGenerationEU, the Spanish Ministry of Universities and Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, through a call from Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona).
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• dc.identifier.citation Zhang Y, Baills F, Prieto P. Singing songs facilitates L2 pronunciation and vocabulary learning: a study with Chinese adolescent ESL learners. Languages. 2023 Sep;8(3):219. DOI: 10.3390/languages8030219
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/languages8030219
• dc.identifier.issn 2226-471x
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68865
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher MDPI
• dc.relation.ispartof Languages. 2023 Sep;8(3):219
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-097007-B-I00
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2021-123823NB-I00
• dc.rights © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Music and language
• dc.subject.keyword Singing training
• dc.subject.keyword Singing and L2 pronunciation
• dc.subject.keyword Singing and L2 vocabulary
• dc.subject.keyword Chinese ESL learners
• dc.title Singing songs facilitates L2 pronunciation and vocabulary learning: a study with Chinese adolescent ESL learners
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