MASARYK UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
THE USE OF MUSIC IN TEACHING
ENGLISH
Diploma thesis
Brno 2007
Supervisor:
Written by:
Mgr. Jaroslav Suchý
Veronika Rosová
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
Rosová, Veronika. The use of music in teaching English: diploma thesis. Brno:
Masaryk University, Faculty of Education, Department of English Language and
Literature, 2007. Diploma thesis supervisor Mgr. Jaroslav Suchý.
ANNOTATION
The diploma thesis deals with the use of music in teaching English. The attention is
paid to songs, mainly focusing on their importance in language teaching both from
theoretical and practical point of view. It is supported by the research the main
subject of which is to find out if music helps to acquire and remember vocabulary.
ANOTACE
Diplomová práce se zabývá využitím hudby ve výuce anglického jazyka. Pozornost
je hlavně věnována písním, zaměřující se hlavně na jejich důležitost ve výuce
jazyka, jak z teoretického tak praktického hlediska. Práce je podpořena výzkumem,
jehož hlavním předmětem je zjistit, zda hudba pomáhá s osvojováním a
zapamatováním si slovní zásoby.
KEYWORDS
Music, song, teaching, listening, poem
KLÍČOVÁ SLOVA
Hudba, Píseň, vyučování, poslech, báseň
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Declaration
I declare that I have written my thesis on my own and that I used the sources listed
in the bibliography. I agree that the work will be kept in the Masaryk University
library for study purposes.
Brno, 10th August 2007.
Signature:
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Acknowledgements
I am very grateful to my supervisor Mgr. Jaroslav Suchý, and I would like to thank
him sincerely for giving me helpful and valuable advice. I appreciate his willingness
to consult my thesis anytime I needed it.
I would also like to thank all the students who took part in my research.
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CONTENTS
Bibliographical description
Declaration
Acknowledgements
CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction –...