Effectiveness of Songs and Rhymes in Teaching Pronunciation

Abstract

This thesis attempts to find out the effectiveness of songs and rhymes in teaching pronunciation.This research has been carried out in twenty-nine students of grade three of a government school "Shree Jana Jyoti Higher Secondary school, Gajul, Rolpa was selected as sample school. A test consisting of four different test items was the main tool for data collection. A pre-test was given before starting teaching to determine the actual level of the students. Then they were divided into two groups on the basis of the odd and even roll number according to the school attendance register.After dividing then into two groups both groups were taught the same teaching item using the same materials. The only difference between groups A and B was that songs and rhymes were used for teaching pronunciation in group A and they were not used for teaching pronunciation in group B after the completion of the teaching for one month (28 days), aPost-T (the samePre-T)was given. Then the result of both Pre-T and Post-Twere compared to determine the effectiveness of two techniques.The main findings of this thesis is that teaching pronunciation through songs rhymes technique at grade three is more effective than teaching without using the songs and rhymes. This thesis is divided into four chapters. Each chapter is divided into different sub-chapters. The first deals with general background of the study, revision of the literature,objectives of the study and significance of the study.The second chapter deals with the methodology, data gathering procedure and limitations of the study.The students were divided into two groups, an experimental group and a controlled group. The group Awastaught pronunciation by using songs and rhymes technique while group B wastaughtwith as usual classroom techniques i.e. without using songs and rhymes technique. The same set of test item out of 50 marks was used to collect the data in both pre and posttest.The third chapter deals with analysis and interpretation of the data.Chapter four includes the findings and recommendations. With the help of analysis and interpretation, some findings have been drawn and then some recommendations have been made.Final part of the thesis includes references and appendices. Appendix-1 has Pre-T and Post-T items.Other appendixes were given.Finally model answer sheets of experimental group and controlled group are presented in the appendix.