There are hundreds of articles on the net about learning English through songs. This page has a selection of them – if you find any others please e-mail them to us.
Alimoradi, Manizheh – Songs, Verse and Games for Teaching Grammar
Anak Ejeng, Irina Emmanuella, Harwati Hashim and SK Sungai Duan – Using Songs to Reduce Language Anxiety in Speaking English in ESL Classroom
Ara, Shaheen – Use of Songs, Rhymes and Games in Teaching English
Beal, Janet – How to Teach English to Kids Using Songs
Bista, K. – Teaching Adult ESL Learners through Music
Blodget, Tom –Teaching the Target Language Through the Lyrics of Melodic Music
Brown, Joy L. M. – Rhymes, Stories and Songs in the ESL Classroom
Budden, Jo – Using Music and Songs
Buffat, Véronique – Using Songs with Teenagers
Cakir, Abdulvahit – Musical Activities for Young Learners of EFL
Carter, Tene’ – Learning Vocabulary Through Music
Christiner, Markus and Susanne Maria Reiterer – Song and speech: examining the link between singing talent and speech imitation ability
Chtena, Natascha – Using Music in the Foreign Language Classroom
Cook, Peter – If Music Be The Food of Learning, Play On…
Cooke, Simon – Developing Song Worksheets in a SALC
Crystal, David- On Language and Colic
Cullen, Brian – Music and Song in Discussion
Cullen, Brian – Song Dictation
Dunlap, Joanna – Hot for Teacher: Using Digital Music to Enhance Students’ Experience in eLearning Courses
Ebong, B. and M.J.Sabbadini – Developing Pronunciation Through Songs
Eddy, Jennifer – Using Music in World Language Performance Assessment
Fonseca-Mora, Carmen et al – Melodies that Help: The Relation between Language Aptitude and Musical Intelligence
– First and foreign language early reading abilities: The influence of musical perception
Ječmínková, Andrea – Music and Songs in Adult ESL Teaching
Kaplan International Colleges – research into music and English teaching and learning / English in Music
León, Luis D. González – ¿Por qué Canciones en las Clases de inglés como Segunda Lengua?
Li, Xiang Ming and Manny Brand – Effectiveness of Music on Vocabulary Acquisition, Language Usage, and Meaning for Mainland Chinese ESL Learners
Lilianac, Martha – Using Songs And Chants in the classroom
Ludke, Karen M., Fernanda Ferreira and Katie Overy – Singing Can Facilitate Foreign Language Learning
Mallinder, Mark and Hsiang-Ni Lee – Teaching English Listening and Speaking through Music: A Lesson Plan
Marsh, David – The sounds of syntax: What pop music can teach us about how to build a sentence
McCarthy, Sherrie – How Do I Teach ESL Children Verbs Through Songs?
McCarthy, Sherrie – How to Use Songs in Teaching English
Medina, S.L – Acquiring Vocabulary Through Story-Songs
Medina, S.L – Songs + Techniques = Enhanced Language Acquisition
Medina, S.L. – The Effect of Music on Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition
Medina, S.L. – The Impact of Rhythm Upon Verbal Memory
Medina, S.L. – Using Music to Enhance Second Language Acquisition: From Theory to Practice
Mori, Noriko – Effects of Singing on the Vocabulary Acquisition of University Japanese Foreign Language Students
Munger, Dave – Does Music Help Us Learn Language?
Navarro, Santiago P. – Pedagogical Songs: Learn by doing game based activities
Nunes, J. et al – The power of repetition: repetitive lyrics in a song increase processing fluency and drive market success
Orlova, Natalia F. – Helping Prospective EFL Teachers Learn How to Use Songs in Teaching Conversation Classes
Page, Kara – How to Teach English by Songs
Pendleton, Ethan – Techniques Using Songs for Teaching English
Rabello, Cinthià Regina – Using Songs for Different Purposes
Rockell, Kim F. and Merissa B. Ocampo – The Use of Music in English Teaching in the Philippines
Samuell, Vicky – Teaching English through songs in the digital age (4 parts)
Saricoban, Arif & Esen Metin – Songs, Verse and Games for Teaching Grammar
Schoepp, Kevin – Reasons for Using Songs in the ESL/EFL Classroom
Shen, Chunxuan – Using English Songs: an Enjoyable and Effective Approach to ELT
Simkesian, Eva – Songs in EFL classroom
Singh, Danny – The Power of Music in Learning
Tegge, Friederike Anna Gerda – Investigating Song-Based Language Teaching And Its Effect On Lexical Learning
Vendrel, F – Songs, Rhymes, Chants, Poetry
Viney, Peter – Time for A Song
Walklett, Chris – How to Teach Tracks: A Critique of the Uses of Songs and Song Lyrics, with Advice and Suggestions for Enhanced Usage
Walklett, Chris – On (or Off) Song? Are Producers of Materials Using Songs and Song Lyrics Making the Most of this Resource’s Potential?
Wassink, David – What’s in a song? Teaching Language through Music
Zazulak, Steffanie – 11 great English language song lyrics
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How to Use Songs when Teaching English as a Second Language
Using Music in the ESL Classroom
Why music? (from the Economist)
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