The Use of Music in Learning Foreign Languages
The Use of Music in Learning Foreign Languages
Does music really helps Bilingual children learn language?
"Is it true? Can we learn the language through music?" These were the first things I heard from my friends when I told them that I am doing some research for my journal on the topic relating to how bilingual children can learn their second language through the music. The reason why I chose this as my topic is because I remembered that some time ago when I was surfing the internet, I found some articles about a bilingual school in Italy adding music education to their curriculum believing that it would help with the children’s development in learning language. This became the trend topic at that time because parents thought it was an unnecessary and a waste of time so they went against the school. Some people think that this idea is just a myth and not applicable in real life but at that time I didn’t give a thought about this topic so much. But years later, now I am in Korea and with my situation, I am forced to learn a new language. With a lot of experiences on my own and with some researches I found, I really believe that music can help bilingual children learn the language.
So why do I believe that music help bilingual children learn language? First of all, music is fun. And I believe when children find something fun, they tend to do those things well which incorporates with the Jean Piaget’s theory which says that “Play is a child’s work”. Music is not only fun but also create an exciting learning atmosphere for children. We can learn a lot of things that relate to language through music such as vocabulary, expressions, pronunciations, grammars etc. And because children will listen to music over and over again, they will remember everything that they hear which will definitely help them with their second language development.
And also when I was doing some research on this topic, I found out that there was an interview of Elena Mannes and
Does music really helps Bilingual children learn language?
"Is it true? Can we learn the language through music?" These were the first things I heard from my friends when I told them that I am doing some research for my journal on the topic relating to how bilingual children can learn their second language through the music. The reason why I chose this as my topic is because I remembered that some time ago when I was surfing the internet, I found some articles about a bilingual school in Italy adding music education to their curriculum believing that it would help with the children’s development in learning language. This became the trend topic at that time because parents thought it was an unnecessary and a waste of time so they went against the school. Some people think that this idea is just a myth and not applicable in real life but at that time I didn’t give a thought about this topic so much. But years later, now I am in Korea and with my situation, I am forced to learn a new language. With a lot of experiences on my own and with some researches I found, I really believe that music can help bilingual children learn the language.
So why do I believe that music help bilingual children learn language? First of all, music is fun. And I believe when children find something fun, they tend to do those things well which incorporates with the Jean Piaget’s theory which says that “Play is a child’s work”. Music is not only fun but also create an exciting learning atmosphere for children. We can learn a lot of things that relate to language through music such as vocabulary, expressions, pronunciations, grammars etc. And because children will listen to music over and over again, they will remember everything that they hear which will definitely help them with their second language development.
And also when I was doing some research on this topic, I found out that there was an interview of Elena Mannes and