A Ludic and Cultural Space for Beginner English Learners: Studying the Hippie Movement Songs and Lyrics

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contents A Ludic and Cultural Space for Beginner English Learners: Studying the Hippie Movement Songs and Lyrics Rigoberto Castillo María Camila Garay Agudelo Paula Segura Soto Educación EFL genre songs lyrics hippie movement This article reports a qualitative action research study on the contribution of using songs and lyrics to integrate cultural understanding and language development in an English as a foreign language (EFL) class at a middle school. We observed that our learners had difficulty to understand and express themselves in English. The social and cultural context of the late 1960’s Hippie movement was the subject of the study through songs and lyrics. We offer our readers the most relevant literature and a synthesis of research reports on the subject to invite them to deepen in this topic. The findings of this qualitative study suggest that culture contextualized language and enhanced comprehension facilitates oral expression in EFL. 2017 artículo científico 0123-0670 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=724079892002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7240 PAPELES application/pdf Universidad Antonio Nariño PAPELES (Colombia) Num.18 Vol.9
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publisher Universidad Antonio Nariño
spellingShingle A Ludic and Cultural Space for Beginner English Learners: Studying the Hippie Movement Songs and Lyrics
Rigoberto Castillo
Educación
EFL
genre
songs
lyrics
hippie movement
A Ludic and Cultural Space for Beginner English Learners: Studying the Hippie Movement Songs and Lyrics Rigoberto Castillo María Camila Garay Agudelo Paula Segura Soto Educación EFL genre songs lyrics hippie movement This article reports a qualitative action research study on the contribution of using songs and lyrics to integrate cultural understanding and language development in an English as a foreign language (EFL) class at a middle school. We observed that our learners had difficulty to understand and express themselves in English. The social and cultural context of the late 1960’s Hippie movement was the subject of the study through songs and lyrics. We offer our readers the most relevant literature and a synthesis of research reports on the subject to invite them to deepen in this topic. The findings of this qualitative study suggest that culture contextualized language and enhanced comprehension facilitates oral expression in EFL. 2017 artículo científico 0123-0670 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=724079892002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7240 PAPELES application/pdf Universidad Antonio Nariño PAPELES (Colombia) Num.18 Vol.9
title A Ludic and Cultural Space for Beginner English Learners: Studying the Hippie Movement Songs and Lyrics
topic Educación
EFL
genre
songs
lyrics
hippie movement
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=724079892002