In order for the student to learn the target language, the using of technology need to be exploited in classroom as
much as possible. For this reason, utilizing technology for language teaching is of great importance, and the
tendency to integrate technology with lesson content grows each day. Accordingly, utilizing songs through
technology in lesson environment attract attention. There are positive and negative views on the utilization of
songs in foreign language teaching. It is seen that songs are used for many reasons by methods adopted in
foreign language teaching. The facts that music soothes students and that melodies, rhythms and rhymes in a
song facilitate language learning improve students’ reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Besides,
music and songs are all authentic texts. These authentic texts act as significant sources for students to discover
the culture of the target language and to improve their cultural awareness. In this study, which was carried out by
taking these effects of songs as basis, activities that can be used with songs in Turkish as a foreign language
classes are given and certain sample activities are recommended.
For foreign language teaching, if songs are carefully chosen by taking the audience, objectives, language level of
students and song content into consideration and if deliberate activities are carried out, it is possible to make use
of songs effectively. Utilizing songs this way provides an enjoyable experience not only for students but also for
the teacher. Using songs along with such activities will have many advantages such as saving the lesson from
being boring and monotonous and improving student motivation.