Dergiler / IOJET / 2020 / Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 3

THE EFL TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF SONGS IN LEARNING ENGLISH

THE EFL TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF SONGS IN LEARNING ENGLISH

Abdallah BANIABDELRAHMAN, Heba Al-EFESHAT

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IOJET
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844–858
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the EFL teachers’ and students’ attitudestowards the use of songs in teaching and learning English language. The participants were(43) English teachers who teach Sixth Grade in public schools in the directorate of Educationfor Wadi Al-Sier in Amman. (42) Sixth-grade students were participated as well in this studyfrom the same Directorate. Questionnaires were filled out by both EFL teachers and students.The results show that students are of view that songs helped them learning Englishvocabulary and it is also considered as good practice by teachers. Based on the results, somerecommendations for both teachers and students have been highlighted.