Интегриране на музика в чуждоезиковото обучение

Abstract

Results from recently published scientific papers which reveal how music activities influence language development are presented in the article. A statement is made that in order to be able to implement cross-curricular links future teachers should be well acquainted with the theoretical grounds and possibilities for integrating music with foreign language teaching. The results from a survey of future teachers’ views on the relationship between music and language development and on the ways of implementing musical elements in language teaching and learning are presented in the paper. Introducing the new academic course “Musical works into the foreign language teaching of young learners (English)” into the syllabus was the reason to do the survey. On the basis of the survey data some conclusions are made. Although the future teachers’ views on the influence of music on language development are still imprecise and incomplete they all show a positive attitude towards implementing music in the process of teaching a foreign language to children. The course “Musical works into the foreign language teaching of young learners (English)” will give students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the results of recently done scientific research that reveal particular facts and parameters of this influence and will help them acquire competences for implementing musical works into the process of teaching a foreign language to children.