Developing english vocabulary through the use of songs in students of fourth level of Basic Education at “Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional Don Bosco

Abstract

This topic is about developing English vocabulary for students at the 4th level of basic education using songs. Songs have a significant role in motivating children to learn English. Therefore, songs can develop learners’ abilities in reading, writing, listening and speaking. They can also provide opportunities for learning pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. In addition, songs usually offer change from routine classroom activities and allow children to get involved in the teaching-learning process. Songs in class can encourage children to use the English language and to improve their oral comprehension. For this reason, this research iswork about how songs can develop English vocabulary for children at the fourth level of basic education. This idea begins with a hypothesis stating that the use of songs is a good way to teach English vocabulary to children. For this I researched in different books, magazines, and journals, conducted an interview, and administered a questionnaire to fifteen teachers who helped me support this hypothesis. This investigation was applied in a class of thirty-four students who were attending fourth grade of basic education. According to the topics of the book that they used, two songs were applied. They were the weather song and the months of the year. Through the application of the songs, the data show important results that answer the question as to whether songshelp to develop vocabulary for children.I hope that this work can be useful for other teachers that think songs are a good technique to encourage.