Effectiveness of Songs and Rhymes in Teaching Pronunciation

Abstract

This research entitled "Effectiveness of Songs and Rhymes in Teaching Pronunciation" has been carried with aim of finding out Students' pronunciation improvement through English songs Rhymes at primary (four graders) level. The research is mainly based on the primary sources of data. The sample size of the study consisted of 34 students studying at grade four in Morning Glory English Boarding School, Belaka-9,Udayapur. As it is an experimental research, the students had been divided into experimental and controlled groups. The required data were collected by using test items. It was found out that the experimental group that was taught by using English Songs and Rhymes achieved better marks than the control group that was taught as usual. The data were analyzed using simple statistical tools as well as 't-test' was carried out too. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. Within the first chapter 'Introduction': background of the study, statement of the problems, Research questions, objectives of the study, Delimitations of the study,significance of the study and operational definition of the key terms have been presented. Likewise, the reviews of the related literature, theoretical and conceptual frameworks have been included in the second Chapter. The methods and procedures of the study incorporated with research design, study population,sampling procedure and other related Components have been presented in the third one. The fourth Chapter has dealt with results and discussion. On the basis of analysis and interpretation of the data some findings of the study was drawn. Summary, Conclusion and implications have been presented in fifth Chapter. Final part of he thesis includes references and appendices.