Foreign language acquisition and melody singing

Carmen Foncesa Mora ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Huelva
  
  Universidad de Huelva
  
  Huelva, España
Localización: ELT journal: An international journal for teachers of English to speakers of other languages, ISSN 0951-0893, Vol. 54, Nº 2, 2000, págs. 146-152
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This article considers the value of relating music and language in the EFL classroom. From an ontological point of view, sounds are the roots of both music and speech. Our ‘melodic approach’ is based on the evidence that musicality of speech has an effect not only on the pronunciation skills of EFL students but also on their entire language acquisition process. A number of suggestions are made to provide the teacher with a range of teaching devices.