ERIC Number: EJ1107958
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1832-4215
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Musical Looping of Lexical Chunks: An Exploratory Study
Rockell, Kim
JALT CALL Journal, v11 n3 p235-253 2015
This paper reports on the experimental use of a recently developed musical looping app with a class of Japanese university students of English during 2014. Working in groups using shared hand-held devices, students created compositions based on lexical chunks or formulaic sequences selected freely from a fixed text. A scored example of one such group composition is included in the paper. During research, the author acted as instructor and a participant/observer role afforded an intimate view of the educational process. Self-assessment questionnaires prior to and post working with Loopy indicate that students experienced increased confidence in their ability to produce spoken English over a three-month period. The affordances and constraints of using the musical app to learn English are examined and a significant increase in speech rate when reading from a fixed text is also noted.
Descriptors: Music, Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Handheld Devices, Questionnaires, Scores, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teaching Methods, Computer Software, College Students, Foreign Countries, Speech Communication, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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