Discuss The Importance Of Songs In Teaching English As A Second Language

Songs have been part of the human experience. As Gugliemino (1986) stated, adults sing at religions services, bars, in the shower, and listen to the car radio. Songs have become an integral part of our language experience and if we use them in order to teach second language, they can be valuable because songs are included in the oral comprehension and production. A classroom full of songs is a warm classroom where students are getting lots of quality English input in a fun and easy way to understand .Why using songs in classroom? Sharp (2001) argues that in primary modern foreign language curriculum attention should be focused on oral and aural ends and that songs should be included in the curriculum. Kirsch (2006, 2008), for example, argues that singing is definitely one of the most effective language learning strategies reported by most children. Likewise, Klein (2005), argues that children respond enthusiastically to songs and welcome them. Indeed, Rumly

Children may acquire a second language better if they have more chances to be exposed to it.Children can learn a language very naturally if they enjoy what they are doing in the class. Songs can be the effective way in teaching a second language. Also songs can be used in an effective way to teach children sounds and rhythm of the second language and to remember the vocabulary. Moreover songs include words and expression of high occurrence and offer repetition. In addition songs are source of motivation, interest and enjoyment, they are much easier for children to remember language than words that just 'spoken '. Thus, through using songs as a way of teaching language children get a chance to learn a second language with its accurate sounds, words and sentences. (Cakirs.