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Musical mnemonic word-list intervention: 14 validated vocabulary items sung to a familiar melody

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Description

A recorded musical mnemonic treatment in which a list of 14 unrelated vocabulary words from the coursebook Hey There 3A was harmonized to the familiar melody of "Let It Go" by Indina Menzel and recorded in a professional studio under skilled musicians' supervision. Word validity was checked by an expert panel of English teachers and musicians using Lawsh CVR (threshold above 0.42) and Waltz and Bausell CVI (acceptable index 0.79). The non-musical control heard the same words spoken at one word per second.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Words must be validated by an expert panel using Lawsh CVR and CVI before inclusion
  • The melody must be familiar to learners, since familiar melody "provides a link between melody and text"
  • Recording requires musicians familiar with correct English pronunciation of the words

Constraints

  • The intervention was tested only with intermediate-level teenage EFL learners in an Iranian language institute using words from Hey There 3A

Target Learners

  • teenage EFL learners (aged 14-19) at intermediate level

Learning Goals

  • vocabulary remembering and recall
  • vocabulary comprehension of new words in new contexts

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Bahrami, Z. N., Izadpanah, S. & Bijani, H. (2019). The Impact of Musical Mnemonic on Vocabulary Recalling of Iranian Young Learners. International Journal of Instruction, 12(1), 977-994. http://www.e-iji.net
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title Musical mnemonic word-list intervention: 14 validated vocabulary items sung to a familiar melody
description A recorded musical mnemonic treatment in which a list of 14 unrelated vocabulary words from the coursebook Hey There 3A was harmonized to the familiar melody of "Let It Go" by Indina Menzel and recorded in a professio...
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