Finding Data
Many studies have made persuade the students because most of us spend a considerable life engaged in oral communication especially pronunciation. A famous study by Dr. Raul Rankin at Ohio State University indicated that on the average in America seventy percent of our working day is spent in some kind of communication, whereas only sixteen percent was reading and nine percent in writing, so pronunciation used every time. This definition is stated by Terry and Frankin: “Communication is art of developing and attaining understanding between people. It is the process of exchanging information and telling between two or more people and it is essential to effective management.”
Like us, you might already use songs in class, and find that your students enjoy them. But have you considered choosing songs specifically to work on pronunciation? Songs provide examples of authentic, memorable and rhythmic language. They can be motivating for students keen to repeatedly listen to and imitate their musical heroes. Here, we look at some aspects of pronunciation that can be focused on through songs.
• Using songs to focus on sounds
• Using songs to focus on words
• Using songs to focus on connected speech