Pop music indeed aids teachers to teach English to English Foreign Language Students

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54850/jrspelt.6.29.05 Abstract: The use of music in foreign language learning is quite powerful because it helps to reduce the affective filter in students. Therefore, music indeed aids in the acquisition of languages. In terms of education, not all teachers use music in the classrooms for different reasons such as the time, the curriculum, or the deficiency of adequate technology. This research project aimed to determine the influence of American pop music to foster English language acquisition in the first and second international baccalaureate (IB) students at Angel Polibio Cháves School from Guaranda city. This research needed a survey, a pre and a posttest. The survey helped to confirm that students like to learn English by means of pop music. Both the pre and posttest were helpful to measure how much students could improve their English language. For the treatment, it was assigned two groups the experimental and control group, and only the experimental received an intervention based on ten American pop songs. These students worked with attractive worksheets to reinforce the language by emphasizing the before, during and after the song activities. The study used a quali-quantitative research design along with the quasiexperimental Based on the final outcomes, the recommendation for this research was to design a handbook proposal that helps learners in the acquisition of English and currently it is available for teachers and students in the school.