The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study

Incidental vocabulary acquisition in ESL had been pioneered in the area of reading. However, regardless of the positive aspects people are claiming, there is limitations in the use of incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading. Some research had shown low retention rate of word meanings and t...

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Main Authors:	Ku Abdul Razak, Ku ‘Aisyahtul Radhiah, Ariffin, Adlina, Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	L Education (General) P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68181/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68181/9/68181%20-programme.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/68181/10/68181%20slides.pdf

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spelling	iium-681812018-12-18T06:50:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68181/ The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study Ku Abdul Razak, Ku ‘Aisyahtul Radhiah Ariffin, Adlina Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin L Education (General) P Philology. Linguistics Incidental vocabulary acquisition in ESL had been pioneered in the area of reading. However, regardless of the positive aspects people are claiming, there is limitations in the use of incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading. Some research had shown low retention rate of word meanings and the effectiveness of this method may at times be limited for low level English learners. Thus, a new method utilizing incidental vocabulary acquisition was embarked on and the use of songs had been introduced to overcome the limitations in the previous method. This research aims to investigate whether the use of selected English songs affect vocabulary acquisition of second language learners. This was done by (i) identifying whether the ESL learners acquire incidental vocabulary acquisition by listening to English songs, (ii) the factors influencing the incidental acquisition of vocabulary from English songs and (iii) by looking at the sentences constructed from incidental vocabularies. To discover the effectiveness of this mode of vocabulary acquisition, a vocabulary scale, Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (VKS) was used with the same vocabulary items answered by the fifteen ESL learners in the Pre-test and Post-test. Paired sample t-test from SPSS was calculated and interviews were conducted. The results found that there was a significant difference between the scores from pre-test and post-test. However, the increase in the level of vocabulary knowledge by the learners was not pervasive. They have shown low increase rate from each level of VKS and this was mainly due to the problem of inability to grasp the word pronunciation by the singers. In addition, there were other factors such as the low rate of listening skill, unfamiliarity with English songs, lack of exposure to English language, least number of word repetition and the lack of interest and different preferences among students. This study provides an insight to the pedagogical potential of using English songs as part of learning the English language. 2018-10-24 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68181/9/68181%20-programme.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68181/10/68181%20slides.pdf Ku Abdul Razak, Ku ‘Aisyahtul Radhiah and Ariffin, Adlina and Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin (2018) The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study. In: International Conference on Language, Culture & Society (ICLCS) 2018: Asia and Beyond, 24th-25th October 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) P Philology. Linguistics Ku Abdul Razak, Ku ‘Aisyahtul Radhiah Ariffin, Adlina Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study
description	Incidental vocabulary acquisition in ESL had been pioneered in the area of reading. However, regardless of the positive aspects people are claiming, there is limitations in the use of incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading. Some research had shown low retention rate of word meanings and the effectiveness of this method may at times be limited for low level English learners. Thus, a new method utilizing incidental vocabulary acquisition was embarked on and the use of songs had been introduced to overcome the limitations in the previous method. This research aims to investigate whether the use of selected English songs affect vocabulary acquisition of second language learners. This was done by (i) identifying whether the ESL learners acquire incidental vocabulary acquisition by listening to English songs, (ii) the factors influencing the incidental acquisition of vocabulary from English songs and (iii) by looking at the sentences constructed from incidental vocabularies. To discover the effectiveness of this mode of vocabulary acquisition, a vocabulary scale, Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (VKS) was used with the same vocabulary items answered by the fifteen ESL learners in the Pre-test and Post-test. Paired sample t-test from SPSS was calculated and interviews were conducted. The results found that there was a significant difference between the scores from pre-test and post-test. However, the increase in the level of vocabulary knowledge by the learners was not pervasive. They have shown low increase rate from each level of VKS and this was mainly due to the problem of inability to grasp the word pronunciation by the singers. In addition, there were other factors such as the low rate of listening skill, unfamiliarity with English songs, lack of exposure to English language, least number of word repetition and the lack of interest and different preferences among students. This study provides an insight to the pedagogical potential of using English songs as part of learning the English language.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ku Abdul Razak, Ku ‘Aisyahtul Radhiah Ariffin, Adlina Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin
author_facet	Ku Abdul Razak, Ku ‘Aisyahtul Radhiah Ariffin, Adlina Md Zamin, Ainul Azmin
author_sort	Ku Abdul Razak, Ku ‘Aisyahtul Radhiah
title	The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study
title_short	The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study
title_full	The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study
title_fullStr	The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study
title_full_unstemmed	The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study
title_sort	incidental vocabulary acquisition by esl learners through selected english songs: a case study
publishDate	2018
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The incidental vocabulary acquisition by ESL learners through selected English songs: a case study

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