ABSTRACT
Songs have become a good technique for English teachers to use in their classes
because songs bring variety to the classroom and they also avoid that students get
bored. In other words, students feel more motivated and interested in learning English
language through songs in a more real context of communication. Students can also
improve their pronunciation and vocabulary learning.
In view of this, our project was based on teaching vocabulary to six year olds through
songs. This project began with an analysis of theories, approaches, characteristics of
learners and important characteristics of songs too. All this information was an
important base for our project because it supported our idea that using songs was a
good way to teach vocabulary to little kids.
Then we started working with a group of eleven children who were attending second
grade. According to these kids’ interests, needs, and abilities; we chose four songs
corresponding to topics like: Farm Animals, Days of the Week, Numbers, and Colors.
After the application of these songs in the English class we got important results which
supported our idea that songs are a good technique to teach new words to six year
olds.