Song education produced only slight lexico-grammatical gains, with no difference between groups on word choice and identifying good sentences¶
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q2 i? On statements about understanding word choice and identifying good sentences more quickly, the two groups reported equal achievement; other lexico-grammatical items differed only slightly. → Mai Xiaomei & Mai Quansheng 2018
q2 i? The authors conclude that not all songs are evidently helpful for vocabulary and grammar acquisition. → Mai Xiaomei & Mai Quansheng 2018 (2)
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Mai Xiaomei & Mai Quansheng 2018¶
Mai Xiaomei & Mai Quansheng. (2018). The Efficacy of Song Education to Develop English Proficiency for Chinese EFL Majors. English Language Teaching, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v11n12p166
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Questionnaire comparison of the two groups (Tables 4 and 5): 84% of each group agreed they understood the choice of words better, and 84% of each group agreed they could identify good sentences more quickly; other items differed by only a few percentage points.
"Response to Statement 7 reveals no difference in learning achie vements."
Mai Xiaomei & Mai Quansheng 2018 (2)¶
Mai Xiaomei & Mai Quansheng. (2018). The Efficacy of Song Education to Develop English Proficiency for Chinese EFL Majors. English Language Teaching, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v11n12p166
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Authors' interpretation of the questionnaire results in Section 4.2, attributing the limits to song lyrics being lexically simple, repetitive, informal, and sometimes careless with capitalization and punctuation.
"In other words, not all songs are evide ntly helpful when it comes to lexico-grammatical gains."
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- Experimental-group students reported larger phonological gains than control-group students, especially in managing English speech rhythm (92% vs 79%) — related
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