음악활동을 통한 영어말하기 학습에 대한 대학생들의 인식

College Students' Perception of English Speaking Learning through Music Activities

On relationship between music and language, studies that English songs come in useful to children's English class have been continuously found. However, for college English class, especially English conversation class, it is not easy to find researches or practical methods that music activities in English are effective in learning English speaking. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate college students' perception after taking music activities in English. The study was held in 2-year college located in southern part of Geonggi-do. Participants were 12 students who were enrolled in first year EFL course which is required for their degree completion. Music activities in English were presented for 1 hour from 2 hour long EFL class. Four case studies were introduced before discussing the result of this study: Carmen Cheong-Clinch, 2009; Perez Nino, 2010; Claudia S. Salcedo, 2002; Elizabeth Robinett, 2011. Data collection is by means of questionnaire survey and interview created by author. The questionnaire survey uses a five-point Likert type scale and the interview shows each student's personal answer about the questions. The results of the questionnaire suggest that most of the students are improved on level of interest, concern, understanding, and utilization of English after using music activities. And The students' responses on music activities in English were very positive. To conclude, music activities in English would be an effective method for college English speaking.