Do you like to use music in the classroom with your students? Do they seem to pick up words and phrases more quickly when you use multimedia? Well here’s some research to back up what we as teachers observe when we use music. A new study published in Springer Science+Business Media shows that participants who learned language through singing performed better that participants who learned by simply speaking or repeating phrases rhythmically. Check out a brief summary of the study and findings at Science Daily.
For a refresher on using music and other media in the classroom, check out page 50 of the English Forward Instructor Guide.