Song lyrics and the listening skill

Abstract

Developing listening skills requires resources that help promote learning in an easy and entertaining way. For this reason, song lyrics emerge as a fun and easy resource that helps students develop their listening skills. Therefore, the current investigation aimed to analyze the influence of song lyrics on listening skill. The study participants were 34 ninth grade students at Unidad Educativa “Las Americas”. This study had a quantitative and qualitative approach, and an experimental modality which was carried out by applying a pre-test and a post-test to all students, this test was taken from the Cambridge A1 Movers standardized exam in order to obtain results at the level of the listening skill before and after treatment. Regarding the treatment, it lasted 3 weeks with 6 interventions in total. Therefore, 14 students were taken into account who belonged to the experimental group and were part of the treatment based on the use of song lyrics; while the remaining 14 students belonged to the control group and were not part of the treatment. In addition, a survey was administered to find out the students' perception of the use of song lyrics for the development of listening skills. Finally, an analysis of the results of the pre-test and post-test was carried out using the SPSS software, it was also necessary to apply the Wilcoxon signed rank test, which showed the progress obtained by the students after the treatment. Therefore, the results showed that the use of song lyrics turned out to be an effective resource to improve the listening skills of students because, through the activities carried out with the song lyrics, they have contributed to the development of listening sub-skills.