The Effect of English Verbal Songs on Connected Speech Aspects of Adult English Learners' Speech Production

Autor/inn/en	Ashtiani, Farshid Tayari; Zafarghandi, Amir Mahdavi
Titel	The Effect of English Verbal Songs on Connected Speech Aspects of Adult English Learners' Speech Production
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6 (2015) 1, S.212-226 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Singing; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Tests; Foreign Countries; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Familiarity; Pretests Posttests; Oral Reading; Speech Communication; Statistical Analysis; Scores; Teaching Methods; Language Teachers; Verbal Communication; Language Fluency; Multivariate Analysis; Iran (Tehran) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesang; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language test; Sprachtest; Ausland; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Statistische Analyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	The present study was an attempt to investigate the impact of English verbal songs on connected speech aspects of adult English learners' speech production. 40 participants were selected based on the results of their performance in a piloted and validated version of NELSON test given to 60 intermediate English learners in a language institute in Tehran. Then they were equally distributed in two control and experimental groups and received a validated pretest of reading aloud and speaking in English. Afterward, the treatment was performed in 18 sessions by singing preselected songs culled based on some criteria such as popularity, familiarity, amount, and speed of speech delivery, etc. In the end, the posttests of reading aloud and speaking in English were administered. The results revealed that the treatment had statistically positive effects on the connected speech aspects of English learners' speech production at statistical 0.05 level of significance. Meanwhile, the results represented that there was not any significant difference between the experimental group's mean scores on the posttests of reading aloud and speaking. It was thus concluded that providing the EFL learners with English verbal songs could positively affect connected speech aspects of both modes of speech production, reading aloud and speaking. The Findings of this study have pedagogical implications for language teachers to be more aware and knowledgeable of the benefits of verbal songs to promote speech production of language learners in terms of naturalness and fluency. (As Provided).
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