Teaching English with Songs:an Instructional Material for the Speech Enhancement of Grade Nine Students of Casay NHS

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

What makes music such a great teaching tool is its universal appeal, connecting all cultures and languages. English has become the principal asset and in demand all over the world as an international language of trade and industry. The researcher has noticed a low speaking proficiency of the English language in ninth grade classes. Thus, an intervention with the purpose of promoting oral proficiency in English through the use of songs.

METHODS

The study is a quasi-experiment adopting the quantitative method. There was an experimental group and a control group. The study took place in a secondary school located at Brgy. Casay, SFQ. A total of 50 students from two sections were selected as the participants in this study. The researcher determined the participants by using purposive sampling.

RESULTS

The tests were done in the two classes, those who were in G9 Silver as the control group and those who were in G9 Gold class as the experimental group. The researcher obtained data from the objective test which was individual task in the form of oral activity shown in flash cards. Both test consisted of twenty items.

There was a significant difference between students' achievement on oral production in experimental group (G9 Gold) which used English songs as their tool in enhancing their speaking proficiency while the control group (G9 Silver) did not use English songs in enhancing speaking proficiency.

Important changes in students' oral production were observed. Some of them expressed ideas freely, spoke more when topic was interesting for them, and gave several reasons and opinions about the proposed songs. These changes are contrasted against what was observed before the project.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that in teaching English class, it is important to choose appropriate technique. The application of English Songs is considered as one of the effective ways to enhance oral production as it creates enjoyment in learning process and make students attracted to learn the English Language.