The use of songs to improve listening skills for students at ITC Foreign Language Centre in Haiphong

Abstract

As a study on using English songs as a kind of extra-curriculum activity in teaching listening skill, this paper will get through all aspects relating to this topic. The introduction, Chapter I, presents all reasons for choosing the subject, the aims of the study, the scope and methodology used to do it. Chapter II, known as development, is divided into two parts. The first part, which is named literature review, reports places of listening in CLT and some basic theoretical knowledge on listening skill and the role of songs in teaching foreign language and its function as a motivator to improve listening skill. The second part presents the study thoroughly and then draws out the findings through analyzing the results of survey questionnaire as well as the informal interview. The conclusion is used to revisit the objectives, sum up all the results, give some implications in using songs in teaching listening skills, and then suggest some further study.