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The Effect of Singing on Connected Speech - A Study of Adult English Learners' Speech Production

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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, , language: English, 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 post-tests 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 .05 level of significance. Meanwhile, the results represented that there was not any significant difference between the experimental group's mean scores on the post-tests 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.

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Authors Farshi Ashtiani, Farshid Ashtiani, Amir Mahdavi Zafarghandi
Publisher Grin Verlag
 
Languages English, German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.09.2015
 
EAN 9783668051423
ISBN 978-3-668-05142-3
No. of pages 20
Dimensions 148 mm x 210 mm x 1 mm
Weight 45 g
Series Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V305310
Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V305310
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

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