Students’ Attitude to Music in Foreign Language Classes in Secondary Schools in Enugu Urban

Abstract

Learners are the subject and the focal point of teaching and they should be accepted in a complex way. It is therefore necessary to innovate, change and complete the methodology and forms used to make learners to be harmonically developed. Music has a big pedagogical potential when used in foreign language classes. Numerous music can be used such as classical music, folklore, musicals and the modern types. This paper titled “Students’ Attitude to Music in Foreign Language Classes in Enugu Urban” was conducted in nine secondary schools of Enugu Urban using a population of two hundred and forty students in Junior Secondary Classes of 1 – 3. Six research questions were posed out of which thirty (30) questions were generated, distributed, collected and analyzed in the various schools. The results showed that music can be applied in foreign language class when practicing pronunciation, vocabulary, speech, melody and grammar. Using music in foreign language classes offers a possibility of students to identify with various foreign authors. French was chosen as the foreign language used.