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THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
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GRADUATE PAPER

TITLE: “HOW TO APPLY ENGLISH SONGS EFFECTIVELY IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR
KINDERGARTEN”

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Binh Duong, APRIL 2019


STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

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Title of paper How to apply English songs effectively in
teaching English for kindergarten
I hereby confirm that I am the sole author of the paper presented
Where the work of others has been consulted, this is duly
acknowledged in the paper’s bibliography. I have also not
consulted any other unnamed online sources. All verbatim or referential
use of the sources named in the bibliography has been
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Binh Duong, April 26th,2019

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
How a happy graduate paper completed! The completion of this research paper will be
not finalized without some important supporters. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to
all of people who enthusiastically helped me.
First of all, I would like to show my thankful to all the instructors at Thu Dau Mot
University who provided me lots of useful knowledge and skills in English through subjects during

four years. Moreover, I desire to express my deep gratitude to all the assistance of my lecturers,
MA. Nguyen Thanh Xuan who was always patient to listen my problems, guided me to solve them
and gave me enthusiastic encouragement as well as thoughtful comments.
Next, I am truly thankful director, manager, teachers and all of staffs for supporting me
whole time during the survey.
Next, it is fortunate for me to receive lots of useful information and documents from my
classmates.
Then, I also would like to express my appreciation to some English centers and
kindergartens which allowed me to make survey directly.
Besides that I really thank my family who supported me in spirit during some sleepless
nights.
Finally, thank to my effort and try, this research is completed and it will be a positive
development during studying at Thu Dau Mot university.

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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is helping teachers and leaners will have an objective review about
choosing a new teaching method apply in teaching, included advantages, aim and demonstration
data of this method. The English songs play a role in motivating skills of listening, speaking,
respond and reaction of leaners.
Besides that, I would like some recommendations for choosing songs to teach new words,
structure; review previous lesson.
From the observation and direct interview and other online sources, I will present part by
part to prove that how English song applied for teaching effectively affect to both teachers and
leaners.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP......................................................................................................i
ACKNOWLEDGMENT................................................................................................................ ii
ABSTRACT..................................................................................................iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................iv
LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................................v
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1
1.1 General introduction.........................................................................................................1
1.2 The aim of study................................................................................................................2
1.3 Significance of the study....................................................................................................2
1.4 Research question.............................................................................................................2
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW...............................................................................................3
2.1 Definitions of songs...........................................................................................................3
2.2 The advantage of using songs in teaching English...............................................................3
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY......................................................................................................5
3.1 Research method..............................................................................................................5
3.2 Participants for the research..............................................................................................6
3.3 Data collection..................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION...................................................................9
4.1 Discussion on the results...................................................................................................9
4.1 Recommendation..............................................................................................................9
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................vi
APPENDICES.............................................................................................................................vii

LIST OF TABLE
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1. Table 1: Students survey results
2. Table 2: Students survey results

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 General introduction
Nowadays, English is a popular language in the world, so it is
important for children to learn English from an early age. Actually, in Viet
Nam more and more people learn and use English to mine wide the
knowledge and get into the world. It seems that English is gradually
becoming a means to help children be more confident when communicating
with foreigners.
As we see, language directly affects children and helps children
develop more comprehensively. An experienced teacher said, “Children are
able to absorb language in a natural way and especially when children are in
kindergarten age. Unlike adults, children can receive language without being
aware that they are learning that language”. Because of the ability to hear
and imitate the pronunciation quickly and accurately, that makes children
learn the language much easier.
The children get a chance to learn a foreign language from an early
age, they will tend to approach other languages more naturally and quickly.
Accordingly, children’s learning foreign language in childhood will help create
knowledge base to study more and more foreign languages for children.
Because of that cause, there are a lot of kindergartens where are
using English as the second language in teaching or adding English lessons
into activities on the class for children. According to scientists, they point out
the good method to motivate and reach the mind to "learn" foreign

languages with children is through active games, storytelling, songs, rolePage 1 of 11


playing or craft art. In these activities, learning English via songs is an
attractive method with children, because they like the melody and the
children try to sing along to the music, which contributes to train the child's
listening and speaking skills.
In this research, if only the topic “How to apply English songs effectively in
teaching English for kindergarten?” were clarified.
1.2 The aim of study
Through the report, I wish people knew “How important English
teaching for children is!” at early stage to maximize their ability and take
advantage of the open-minded of children. By recommending the effective
methods to apply songs in teaching English for children, I hope I have
contributed some ideas to make interesting lessons in kindergarten.
1.3 Significance of the study
At the age of 3 years and over, children can distinguish Vietnamese and
English so they can start teaching children to learn English at this age.
However, the parents must choose the correct learning method in
accordance with the physiological mind, the ability to acquire, the growth
stage of the child.
The young psychology of this period prefers games and outdoor
activities so the parents cannot force them to study seriously with books and
pens. So it is very important to choose the correct method which is suitable
with the psychophysiological factors, characteristics of receiving information
of preschool children, in order to keep them interested in English and
naturally approaching English.

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1.4 Research question
The researcher wishes to raise the questions as follows:
What are the advantages of using English songs in teaching English for
kindergarten?
How to apply English songs effectively in teaching English for kindergarten?

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Definitions of songs
According to Oxford dictionary, song is “a short poem or other set of
words set to music or meant to be sung”.
Another definition from Cambridge dictionary, song is “A usually short
piece of music with words that are sung, the act of singing, or singing when
considered generally or the musical sound that a bird makes”
According to Study.com, its most basic, a song is “a short piece of
music, usually with words. It combines melody and vocals, although some
composers have written instrumental pieces, or musical works without
words, that mimic the quality of a singing voice”.
Generally, by the simple explanation, song is a combination of musical
note and lyric which transfer to listener by singing.
2.2 The advantage of using songs in teaching English
It’s true to say that we will be not recognized its strong-points until we
start to research it. There are many advantages from using English song in
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teaching, especially in developing listening and vocabulary. Some key
advantages include:
2.2.1 Making children interested in lesson

Teaching English to children through dense pages of text or just text
only that make them feel boring. As a result, the consequence may not be as
hoped by parents. But teaching children to learn English through songs is
completely different.
We all know that children love listening to children's music because of
the cuteness and closeness, so if we let children get used to the English
songs, they will definitely absorb it.
Even if the learners can’t know anything yet, because they are too
young to understand, they are not interested in this issue at all! What they
pay attention to be the melody of the song when they are listening to it.
Especially songs for children are never boring.
2.2.2 Practicing pronunciation correctly
Instead of just sitting on a desk, reading and listening to the words in
English many time to practice pronouncing correctly, this is now much easier
and more interesting. Trying to sit on the sofa or take a walk around the
park, sitting on the bus but your child can still practice pronunciation only by
turning on an English song and paying close attention to how the singer takes
up the lyrics.
Especially, if the children like learning to sing songs that are not difficult to
sing, it is possible to memorize the whole song.
2.2.3 Enhancing communication

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Most of the songs which are used to teach English for learners have
popular words in life. Therefore, music helps them to become familiar with
grammar and English communication and when they grow up they form a
good reflexive ability when communicating with foreigners. They will be also
not surprised to listen to the words hardly ever having a chance on books.

2.2.4 Improving vocabulary
Teaching children to learn English through songs also increases English
vocabulary quite well. Sometimes there are very close words but children do
not understand the meaning, when the children listen to the songs, they
would like to know what these words mean, so their vocabulary increases
significantly. So we can teach children the songs about family, friends,
animals, etc.
2.2.5 Developing listening skills
In order communicate well, children must first hear what others say. If
the they would like to be good at listening skill, the words is not sufficient,
they should be familiar with listening to foreigners speaking regularly.
Listening to songs will help children improve their listening skills, for
example: important words, how to connect words, swallow words of
foreigners.
2.2.6 Helping your child entertain
Finally, it is undeniable that the important benefit of learning English
through songs is relaxation. After children always want funs, they like to play
games, make noisy, be naughty, etc., everything is for their entertainment.
Consequently, this is a good technique to encourage the children to interest
and study at the same time.
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CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research method
This research paper is applied with some methods to complete this research
paper:
3.1.1. The method of reading scanning documents
There are many sources from library and internet to read and scan carefully.

The document which is used to be the materials of this study is filtered
considerately.
3.1.2 Observation, attending professional activities, meetings of the English
subject of some kindergartens
Observation method is really effective, so this method has been applying in
many Centers. After observation, the observers have opportunities to
attending professional activities, meetings of the English subject of some
kindergartens that helps them get lots of useful experiences.
3.1.4 Directly interview and talk to children.
The teachers should interview and talk to children because they need to
know what students want, what students like through the English songs and
the effectiveness of this method.
3.2 Participants for the research
The report focuses on children at age from 3 to 5 who attends English
speaking kindergarten or kindergarten with English lesson. There are forty
children and five teachers attended the survey.

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3.3 Data collection
The researcher has designed typical questions, which cover all research
question content and the frequently of using songs in teaching English in
kindergarten and also the interests of children in English songs and how
many songs does they know.
To collect information concerning the current situation of teaching and
learning English by songs in kindergarten, the author conducted interviews
with the children and also the teacher, even some children’s parents.
Normally the interview consists of some simple questions:

Questions
Do you know any English song?

Answer Frequency
Yes

%
100

No
Can you sing a little for me, teacher Yes

85

and also other classmate?
Can you name it?

No
Yes

15
70

Do you like English songs?

No
Yes

30
100

No
Do you want to know more English Yes

90

song?

10

No
Table 1: Students survey results

After finishing students’ interview, there were 100% of kids who answered
that they knew English songs. 85% of them were willing to sing in front of
class, just 15 % of students did not sing because of some reasons as
someone were shy and someone could not remember the lyric clearly. At
this question “ Can you name it?” there were 70% of students could say the
name of the song which they remembered, the rest of children could not say
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the name of any songs but they still memorize most of the lyric and all the
melody. 100% of kids replied they really love English songs. 90% of kids said
yes with question “Do you want to know more English song?”, the rest of
them did not want to know some new songs because they liked old songs
more.

Questions

Answer Frequency

%

Do you use English song in teaching Yes

100

English for kids?
No
How frequently you teach a new song 1 time/week

62.5

for the kids?

25

2 times/week

3 times/week
How do you help them in memorizing Guessing words

12.5
62.5

and practicing English song in daily Singing again

37.5

activities?
How many new words do you teach in a Less 5 words

75

song?
More 5 words
Do you usually use English song to Yes

25
62.5

review the previous lesson?
No
Table 2: Teachers survey results

37.5

100% teachers used English songs to teach English to their kids. 62.5%
of them uses English one time per week to teach new words, 25% of
teachers taught English through English songs two times a week and 12.5%
of teacher used English songs to teach English 3 times a week. Moreover,
teachers helps students in memorizing and practicing English song in daily
activities by Guessing words and singing again; there were 62.5% of teachers
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who used guessing words and 37.5% used singing again.75% of them said
that they usually teach less 5 words in a song and 25% of them thought they
should teach more 5 words in a song. Besides, they also used English song to

review previous lesson, 62.5% did it and 37.5% of them had opposite idea.
Above survey is based on Clover English Center. At the school,
normally the kids are taught one English song per week, together with
practice and review the songs were learnt earlier. The activities can be
learning new song, singing with teacher or friends, or listening and dancing
follow by English song or practicing exercise with a song. All teachers feel
that the method is effective and interesting with the children. The parents
may too busy to teach their kids but they know their kids can sing at least
one English song and their children love to watch/hear English song at home
as well.

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CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS

4.1 Discussion on the results
The results from interview, reading and also attending professional
activities and real activities in teaching/learning English by songs of children
and kindergarten teachers shown that children love to join in the learning
English song activities, the melody of children's songs is always an extremely
attractive factor for children. Therefore, teaching children to learn English
through songs helps them absorb extremely fast.
4.2 Recommendations on “How to apply English songs effectively in
teaching English for kindergarten?”
Recommendation 1: Choose songs that have simple lyrics and provide lots of
repetition.
Learning English through Music is an extremely effective method
which can help children improve their Speaking and Listening skills quickly
and easily. However, it is not easy to choose songs for children to learn

English because these songs have to have suitable and simple lyrics. Today,
teachers have many choices with English songs that respond the above
requirements.
For examples, songs are used to teach children letters, such as: ABC
song, Phonics Song 1, Phonics Song 2. Songs are used to teach children
greeting, such as: Hello, Hello How Are You, Greeting Song. Songs are used to
teach children number, such as: Our Favorite Numbers, The Number Song,
Counting 1-10 Song.

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Recommendation 2: Using English songs to create a musical environment
close to children.
As we know, children are very adaptable to their surroundings, so
using English songs to teach English daily is a very effective method for
children to learn English naturally and productively. The teachers can put
music into children's playing and learning activities. Listening to these simple
songs will gradually give children the habit of communication. A concrete
example demonstrates it: a student hears a song ‘‘Hello, how are you ?’’
many times , when the foreign teacher asks him "how are you?", besides the
traditional answer “ I am fine”, this student knows other answers like “ I am
good”, “ I am great”, “I am wonderful”. By using this method the children are
excited, happy to dance and sing along to the song. This way also helps them
get memory about the lyric very well.
Recommendation 3: Review words and structures which students have
learned by using English songs
Normally, it’s difficult for children to remember many new words after
a lesson. Therefore, many teachers usually try to use games to remind them
and make them remember longer. And English songs are also a “game” like

that. They are a powerful tool for teaching and learning of teachers and
students. The teachers are able to review the words and structures of
previous lessons. When the teachers review the word about the counting
number, or animal name or family members, they can use the reflected
songs like Numbers Song, Counting, Hippo Jungle Song, What Do You See?,
Finger Family; when the teachers review the simple structures, they can use
some songs like What Is It? What Color Is It? in order to create a happy and
comfortable atmosphere. But why the children can be attracted by these
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songs? Because these songs shows the animals, numbers, cartoon
characteristics, which very closed to children’s memory. Of course, they will
focus on these songs more than some boring lesson with full of texts and
words.
Recommendation 4: Warm up before new lesson, teach new words through
songs.
Before starting the new lesson, the teachers can use English to warm
up students. That creates an exciting atmosphere and makes students be
interested in period. After that, through the song, teachers suggest learners
to find the animals, numbers, characteristics’ description in order to discover
new words and memorize. By this way, make them easier to absorb and
remember lessons.
Besides that, when the children listen to the English song many times,
it will help children gradually understand how to pronounce more correctly.
Even, the teacher can encourage them to try to sing in front of class or at
home. Especially, the English songs help children practice phonics in an
extremely comfortable and interesting way and therefore it will help they
progress faster. Furthermore, besides the new words, in the lyrics there are
other vocabulary that helps the students will increase their vocabulary

knowledge.
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION
Nowadays, there are more and more English Centers developed to support
knowledge and practice communication for children. Frankly, teaching
method is very important to children so most of English Center has applied
many interesting and creative-thinking teaching methods to attract leaners.
And the main purpose in presenting this report is to state a case for
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developing English teaching method by songs. English song will be able to
use as a tool for both teaching and studying. Besides that, using English
songs in teaching can help children improve not only listening skill but also
other skills such as speaking and reading skills. That is so useful when
teachers can use songs to teach new words and structures for children.
Another useful point is creating effective connection between teacher and
learners, learners and learners. As a final point, adjusting children’s English
songs is a technique that teachers can apply to increase repertoires, so giving
them many chances to apply English in class.

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Appendix
Appendix a: Survey table for students
You tick () Yes or No for each answer
Questions

Do you know any English song?
Can you sing a little for me, teacher and also other classmate?
Can you name it?
Do you like English songs?
Do you want to know more English song?
Appendix b: Survey table for teachers

Yes

No

You circle for your answer
Questions
Do you use English song in teaching English for kids?

Yes

How frequently you teach a new song for the kids?

1 time/week

Answers
No

2

3

times/week

times/week

How do you help them in memorizing and practicing

Guessing

Singing

English song in daily activities?
How many new words do you teach in a song?

words
Less 5 words

again
More 5

Yes

words
No

Do you usually use English song to review the
previous lesson?

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