خلاصة:
Reluctance to speak and participate actively in EFL (English as a foreign
language) classes is a serious issue and there is a feel for the necessity of more
investigation in this area. Following a line of research conducted by Cunningham
(2014), the present study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL students’ attitudes
toward the use of background music in English classes and the potential benefits
of it. The participants were eighteen advanced female students learning English
at one of the branches of Iran Language Institute in Tehran. The results of the
study, in congruence with the results of Cunningham’s study, showed that the
students had positive attitudes toward the use of background music in the
language learning classroom and believed that music will reduce tension and
stress in the class and provide a pleasant environment for learning.
ملخص الجهاز:
"The Use of Background Music in Language Learning Classrooms: An Investigation of Learners’ Attitudes Maryam Aghakhani TEFL, MA, Shahid Beheshti University Abstract Reluctance to speak and participate actively in EFL (English as a foreign language) classes is a serious issue and there is a feel for the necessity of more investigation in this area.
Following a line of research conducted by Cunningham (2014), the present study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL students’ attitudes toward the use of background music in English classes and the potential benefits of it.
The results of the study, in congruence with the results of Cunningham’s study, showed that the students had positive attitudes toward the use of background music in the language learning classroom and believed that music will reduce tension and stress in the class and provide a pleasant environment for learning.
Purpose This study aimed at finding out EFL learners’ attitudes toward the use of background music and its potential advantages and disadvantages in the language learning classrooms.
Figure 6 Willingness of the students to use background music in their classes if they had a chance to teach one day / Discussion The fact that at least half of the students did not consider themselves confident in the class and said that they did not usually feel easy in the classroom implies that research studies such as this study should be there to help this issue.
Conclusion The findings of this study show that students' overall attitude toward the use of background music in the language learning classroom is positive."