Students and Teachers’ Attitudes towards Using English Songs to Develop the Listening Skill in the Advanced Learners’ EFL Classroom The Case of Third Year Students at MMUTO
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Date
2016
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University Mouloud Mammeri of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The present study seeks to investigate students and teachers’ attitudes towards the
effectiveness of English songs in developing the listening skill. It attempts to determine
whether third year students and teachers of the Department of English at Mouloud Mammeri
University of Tizi Ouzou are interested in the use of songs for the sake of improving listening
comprehension. This study is based on the Input and Affective Filter Hypotheses proposed by
Krashen in 1981 and using the Mixed Methods Research. In fact, it combines the students’
questionnaire and the teachers’ interview in order to collect the intended data. We have
adopted Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and Discourse Analysis in order to
analyze the data. On the basis of the outcomes of the investigation, it is revealed that third
year students have positive attitudes towards using English songs to enhance their listening
abilities. The implementation of songs in the classroom is approved by teachers of listening as
a strategy to develop the students’ listening skill.
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74p.:ill;30cm.(+cd)
Keywords
English songs, listening, acquisition, comprehensible input, affective factors.
Citation
Langage et Communication