Development of English Pronunciation Skills through English Songs

Abstract

The purposesof this research were1) to develop English pronunciationskills
through English songs, 2) to compare the students’ learning achievements before
and after studying through English songs, and 3) to investigate their satisfaction with
the development of English pronunciation skills through English songs. The samples
were composed of 35 English program freshmen in group 2 who were enrolled on
the “English Phonetics” course in the second semesterof the academic year 2014 at
the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Buriram Rajabhat University, selected
by thesimplerandom sampling method.Theinstruments consisted of a pre-test and
post-test, six sets of lesson plans and a satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics of
this research were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and a dependent sample
t-test. The results revealed that the students’ achievement after studying through
English songs was overall found to be at a high level. The samples’ post-test scores
after studying were significantlyhigher thanthe pre-test scores at a statistical levelof
.01. Finally, their satisfaction with developing English pronunciation through English
songs wasoverall found to be at ahighlevel. Taking eachaspectof the program into
consideration,all werealsofound to beatahighlevel: theinstructor was ranked first,
followed by instructional activities, contents, pronunciation skills and pronunciation
exercises respectively