The use of pop songs in the English language teaching: an analysis of the textbooks "Key English 7" and "English in mind 2" and the creation of additional materials to the textbooks

Abstract

This thesis explains and illustrates how motivational teaching materials based on songs and music may be used to enhance the classroom environment by making the most of pop songs.It consists of the theoretical and empirical parts. The theoretical part investigates various aspects of exploiting songs in the English language teaching and explores the ways of creating and maintaining student motivation by using songs. The empirical part focuses on the process of creating, teaching and analyzing song-based lessons. Firstly, it provides an analysis of how and to what extent the songs are exploited in two English course books: Key English 7 by Ene Airik and Ene Paks, and English in Mind 2 by Herbert Puchta and Jeff Stranks. Secondly, additional materials are created. Thirdly, lessons are given and data are collected. Lastly, ananalysis based on the student feedback of ten song-based English lessons is presented.The conclusion summarizes the main findings of the thesis.