Children's Songs Research Articles

Lexical Analysis of Japanese Children’s Songs from the Perspective of Japanese Language Education

Japanese children's songs can be a valuable resource for adult learners of the language, Firstly, the vocabulary used in children's songs is predominantly high-frequency and foundational, with a large portion falling below the N2 proficiency level. By mastering the words and phrases found in these songs, learners can expand their conversational abilities beyond the confines of traditional textbooks. Secondly, the songs offer a balanced representation of positive, negative, and neutral emotions, reflecting the emotional range and nuances of the Japanese language. This exposure to diverse emotional expressions can enrich learners' understanding of language and cultural nuances. Moreover, the study's semantic analysis reveals frequent word associations and co-occurrences, which can help learners grasp the interconnectedness of Japanese vocabulary and the cultural contexts in which words are used. Importantly, children's songs are deeply rooted in Japanese culture, indirectly exposing learners to various cultural aspects, such as the appreciation of nature, the concept of transience, and the importance of harmony and interconnectedness. This cultural immersion can foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of Japanese values and traditions. Furthermore, the familiar melodies and sing-along nature of these songs can facilitate social bonding and interpersonal connections among learners and native speakers. Engaging in shared cultural experiences, such as singing nursery rhymes together, can create a sense of community and strengthen the bond between learners and the target language culture.

The Impact of Listening to Background Music on Inhibition Control and Prefrontal Cortical Activation in Healthy Older Adults: A Study Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

Introduction Aging declines executive functions, including attentional function and inhibitory control, which is the ability to inhibit inappropriate or irrelevant responses. Certain types of background music are negatively correlated with cognitive function. The prefrontal network is correlated with task performance related to executive function. This study aimed to assess the impact of listening to background music on inhibition control and prefrontal cortical (PFC) activation measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in healthy older people. Methods In total, 59 healthy volunteers, including 32 healthy older and 27 younger individuals (mean age ± standard deviation: 69 ± 7 and 32 ± 8 years, respectively), participated in this study. The participants completed the inhibition control task (the go/no-go task) and a similar task while listening to certain melodies of children's songs that are popular in Japan. Changes in cerebral blood flow in the PFC during each task were evaluated using multichannel fNIRS. The relative changes in oxygenated hemoglobin (oxy-Hb) levels during the no-go and go tasks under the music and no-music conditions were compared using a paired t-test. Among the channels with a significant difference in oxy-Hb levels during the go/no-go task between the music and no-music conditions in the older group, the correlation between changes in accuracy response and oxy-Hb levels was validated using Pearson's correlation test. Results The task accuracy was significantly reduced under the music condition compared with that under the no-music condition in the older group but not in the younger group. The accuracy reduction was significantly greater in the older group than in the younger group. In older people, the oxy-Hb levels in 20 channels located in the bilateral Broadman area (BA) 9 and BA46 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the bilateral BA10 in the frontal pole cortex significantly increased during the no-go tasks under the music condition. During the go/no-go task under the music condition, the decline in task accuracy was significantly correlated with increased oxy-Hb levels in six channels located in the bilateral BA10 in older people. Conclusion Background music induced the decline of inhibition control and increase of PFC activity in healthy older adults.

Enhancing English Learning for Elementary Students Through Children's Songs

Learning and teaching activities occur almost every day in the classroom between teachers and students. In this context, the process is usually thought of as the teacher delivering material to students while the students listen to the teacher's explanation. Learning in the classroom can occur if an interaction or synergy is created from various factors that support the teaching and learning process such as the presence of teachers, students, curriculum, teaching methods or techniques, teaching media and others. In this case, a learning activity is carried out to achieve learning objectives. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of using children's songs as a method of learning English in elementary schools. The research method used is qualitative research with a literature study approach. The research results show that the use of children's songs in English learning in elementary schools can increase students' motivation, strengthen their language skills, and facilitate enjoyable learning. Children's songs help students internalize English vocabulary, grammar and intonation more effectively. These findings provide important insights for the development of English language learning strategies that focus on students' active involvement. It is hoped that the results of this research can become a basis for developing a more innovative and student-oriented English language learning approach in elementary schools.

Interactive learning media: javanese children songs for third-grade students

Interactive learning media: javanese children songs for third-grade students

소파 방정환의 아동 교육 연구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine the basic structure of Donghak thought that influenced the theories of childhood education and how childhood education was formed in Donghak thought. In particular, it will consider and comprehensively shed light on Bang Jung-hwan's childhood education, which was influenced by Cheondogyo. Therefore, the aim is to reveal the educational significance of Bang Jung-hwan's theories of childhood education. Methods As a method of literature analysis, each Donghak scripture and collection of works, Bang Jeong-hwan's books and academic literature were analyzed, and the research content on Bang Jeong-hwan's children's education was specified through other Bang Jeong-hwan-related fairy tales, children's songs, magazines, and newspapers. Results Regarding educational content theory, he believed that any content helpful to children's growth and development was sufficient and emphasized three areas of art: children's stories, children's songs, and drawings. With respect to educational methodology, he did not unilaterally plant the educator's ideas but maintained the principle that the educator should only play a role in helping the educatees grow. In terms of educational history, the biggest difference between traditional education and new education is determined by whether the target of education is an adult or a child. Conclusions Our traditional view of the children was that they were passive beings who were subject to instruction or enlightenment from the older generations represented as teachers or pioneers rather than viewing children as independent individual human beings. However, Bang Jung-hwan understood children as beings with independence, autonomy, and potential. He believed that the world of children is independent of the world of adults and that they have the potential to build a new and better world on their own as long as there is no interference or interruption from adults.

IT IS NOT JUST A SONG FOR CHILDREN

A Song is a good medium for children to learn about culture. Through songs, songwriters can convey their native culture, which they regard as valuable for future generations to inherit. There are several songs for children in Indonesia written by talented songwriters that portray the distinctive qualities of Indonesia’s culture. For the listeners to recognize the Indonesian virtues implied in the songs while simultaneously enjoying the songs, the songwriters demonstrated some strategies that allowed them to convey the intended culture. This study attempted to determine how songwriters managed to pass culture through songs and what culture they tried to convey. A semiotic analysis, including textual analysis, thematic progression, and sign analysis, was conducted on five popular songs for children from four well-known songwriters in Indonesia. The results showed that the songwriters utilized the material process to help the children visualize the content of the songs and used existential phrases and a variety of marked themes, including conditions, adjuncts, and dependent themes, to convey many key points in a single sentence. In addition, the songwriters also employed a combination of multiple thematic progressions to develop the subject, zigzag thematic development to maintain the text's logical relation, and reiterative thematic progression to emphasize the theme of the text. The findings are valuable as references, especially for those who wish to write music for young listeners

Lexical Density of Nursery Rhymes in Translation From English Into Indonesian

Cocomelon is a popular animated series for kids with billions of viewers on YouTube, filled with fun songs and stories that both entertain and teach. Because it is watched by children all over the world, Cocomelon has been translated into many languages, including Indonesian. Translating these videos isn't just about swapping words from one language to another, it involves careful thinking about the differences in language and culture to make sure the content stays meaningful and relatable for kids everywhere. This paper explains the concept of equivalence that exists at the word level in translations in the English and Indonesian versions of children's songs with a focus on the challenges faced by translators and the strategies used to overcome these challenges. Mona Bakar's framework on non-equivalence and studies that examine issues such as culturally specific concepts, grammatical differences, semantic complexity as well as the use of idiomatic expressions, comprehensive analysis of lexical density. Selected songs such as “Wheels on the Bus,” “Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star,” “Bath Song,” and “Old MacDonald” are revealing in the visible differences between the English versions. and Indonesia in its findings show that the Indonesian version has a high lexical density and is an indication that more words are needed to convey the same meaning.

Pengaruh Penggunaan Lagu Anak-Anak Terhadap Peningkatan Kosakata Bahasa Inggris Siswa Kelas 1 SD

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of children's songs in increasing English vocabulary for grade 1 elementary school students. With the classroom action research method (PTK), this study was conducted in three cycles which included the planning, implementation, observation, and reflection phase. The research subjects were 13 students in grade 1 in SD Negeri 067097, Medan Barat District, Medan City. Data is collected through observation and documentation studies. The results showed that the use of children's songs in learning English had a positive impact on increasing student vocabulary. The percentage of learning completeness increased significantly from pre-cycle (33.33%), cycle I (53.84%), to cycle II (69.22%). In addition, this method also increases student motivation and interest in learning, providing a fun learning alternative, and helping teachers in improving the quality of teaching. This study contributed a positive to the practice of teaching English at the basic level by utilizing media close to the world of children, such as songs.

Pelatihan Penciptaan Lagu Anak-Anak Berbasis Kearifan Lokal bagi Guru Sekolah Dasar

Introducing songs to children can hone their sensitivity, literacy skills, and language diversity. Introducing children's songs through their creation based on local wisdom can also be a form of preservation of their culture. The PKM objective of this training program is for elementary school teachers in Sukadana, North Kayong, to have basic skills in making children's songs based on the identity and characteristics of the region. The training methods used are lectures, questions and answers, demonstrations, practices, simulations, and reflections. The results of the PKM children's song creation training program are that there are approximately 15 elementary school teachers who are enthusiastic about making children's songs with the rules and musical elements that have been taught. In addition, various themes of children's songs based on local wisdom have been explicitly and implicitly written in song lyrics for the 2–5 grade range.

Perspective of Six Living Composers on Modern Mandarin Children Songs

This paper reports important insights of six (6) living composers through one-on-one and face-to-face interviews, conducted in 2023, to determine characteristics and values of modern Mandarin children songs. Despite their simplicity in compositional structures to fulfill uncomplicated singing styles, under the influence of modernization, the modern children songs project more prominently the developmental and psychological dimensions closely integrated in contemporary popular elements. Children songs thus do not just merely provide entertainment but also inculcate cultural and educational values impacting children’s cognitive development and social identities.

Pembelajaran Gramatikal Bahasa Arab Menggunakan Metode Al Miftah Lil Ulum

The application of the Al Miftah Lil Ulum method facilitates the understanding of grammatical lessons, particularly Nahwu and Sharaf, for students at MADIN Miftahul Ulum. This method is designed to address the difficulties students face in comprehending grammatical lessons, which are often considered complex and tedious. Al Miftah Lil Ulum simplifies material from classical texts such as Jurumiyah, Alfiyah, and Al-‘Imriti with a more concise, easily understandable approach, tailored to the students' needs, including the use of Indonesian, tables, and children's songs. This study utilizes observation and documentation to collect data, aiming to expand access to grammatical understanding and increase students' interest in learning Arabic. The results show that this method successfully facilitates students' comprehension of grammatical knowledge and enhances their ability to read traditional Islamic texts, making it an effective solution in the teaching of grammar in Islamic schools and madrasahs

Language Creativity in Presenting Hindu Religion Material

Teachers are required to be creative in packaging learning activities in various ways. One of the creativity carried out by prospective teaching students is modifying familiar songs into songs containing learning material about Hindu religion. Therefore, it is important to conduct this research to describe language creativity in presenting Hindu religious material and the obstacles faced in modifying songs. Creativity in presenting material is very important in order to achieve effective communication in learning activities. This research is classified as qualitative research with an empirical approach. This research was carried out by collecting a number of songs containing Hindu Religious Education material developed by students of the Pendidikan Agama Hindu Study Program, STKIP Agama Hindu Amlapura in classroom management practices and interviewing students regarding the difficulties or obstacles experienced when being creative in modifying songs so that they contain Hindu religious material. The results of this research show that there are several songs that students tend to create and modify in classroom management, namely children's songs whose rhythms are very familiar, such as the songs Balonku, Pelangi-Pelangi, Lihat kebunku, Naik Becak, Satu-Satu Aku sayang Ibu. From the rhythm of these songs, they were modified into songs containing Hindu religious material, namely Panca Yadnya, Panca Sraddha, Tri Pramana, Three Basic Frameworks of Hindu Religion, Tri Kaya Parisudha, Holy Books and Holy Places Hindu religion. When carrying out this creativity, students also experience various difficulties or obstacles, such as using diction, adjusting rhythm, packaging material, and limitations for complex material.

Vocal and Consonant Patterns in Indonesian Children's Songs

As a medium in educational music, the song provides space for explanations related to the sound of the language. Prosody or language sounds have similarities to musical sounds studied in phonology. Thus, the management of language sounds in expressing children's songs can be used to identify prosodic factors in educational music. This study aims to provide an explanation of the prosody of children's songs in the context of educational music and to find out the factors that influence prosody in children's songs, the sound changes that occur, accompaniment sounds that accompany the main sound, and the factors that influence it in the context of music education. The results of this study show the characteristics of vowel and consonant sounds in children's song lyrics and the sounds produced for certain vowels and consonants. The factors that influence prosody in children's songs are the word order in the form of vowels and consonants in each of the lyrics. This is to clearly understand the sounds produced by children and their use in educational music.

DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE THINKING OF CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL 5-7 YEARS OLD THROUGH KARAKALPAK FOLK TALES AND CHILDREN'S SONGS

This article tells about creative thinking of preschool children from 5-7 years old through dark folk tales and children's songs, creating multimedia fairy tales, mobile applications and their educational significance.

Three-Dimensional Representations of Children's Songs and Its Implementation in Character Education

This research aims to describe the aesthetic pattern and meaning of songs children created by Indonesian authors from the 60s to 70s. The songs it is very familiar and frequently sung by children of their time. The spread of children's songs at that time only through radio and electronic television media, which was still very rare and owned by the people of Indonesia at that time. In this digital age, the spread of children's songs conducted through digital media is very fast, good in audio and audio-visual form. The development of technology makes it convenient for children to recognise songs. The second aim is to describe the meaning of character education in three dimensions: the connection between man with God, man with humans, and humans with nature. This study use theory focused on eco-strategy analysis problem environment existing life in literary works. Next, the meaning of three dimensions could be implemented in character education for students in kindergarten and elementary schools.

Arransemen Lagu Anak Sekolah

School children's songs are Indonesian pop songs created by Oddie Agam which contain love stories during school. The aim of this work is to create a work in the form of school music. In this work, the arranger works on school children's songs in the form of school music and then combines them with a touch of drumband to form a new arrangement to be performed. The nuance of the arrangement will be packaged cheerfully and cheerfully. This "school child" work is an expression of the author's self in a form that is realized in 3 parts, based on the development of the "school child" song and the session percussion pattern, which appears in a series of rhythms and sentences using the composition techniques that have been created. as a binder for this work.

Melodic Construction in Children's Songs "Toyor Al-Janna Channel as a Model"

This study aims to identify the melodic construction of a child's song from a specialist standpoint, as well as the characteristics of the melodic style used in these songs. The research population consists of a selection of songs from Toyor Al-Janna channel، which included (22) songs selected randomly.The researchers relied on the descriptive analytical method to prepare this study, and attempted to scientifically analyze songs in an attempt to discover the melodic building there in. The study concluded a set of results: the structure of the melodic sentences of children's songs is formulated with a mechanism that tends to rely on familiar musical scales and a simple music distribution, with melodic styles familiar to the child, which begin with a musical introduction with modern electronic instruments, and with active and simple rhythms. Most of the passages tune is concentrated in an up-and-down tonal sequence and in simple melodic jumps، repeating the tune within the child's sound space. It was clear that melodies of this age category missed the harmonic tunes for not fitting into the age category of children. The study concluded with a number of recommendations the most important of which are: the necessity of diversification of the rhythms and genres accompanying children's songs to avoid monotony and repetition, and to focus on variations in melody in the song while maintaining simplicity so that the child can perform it.

The emotional dimension of language propaganda in Polish children's songs

The aim of this article is to show the results of the pedagogical qualitative research on the emotional dimension of language propaganda in Polish children's songs. As a text of culture, children's songs are both carriers and transmitters of the linguistic image of the world, and for this reason they can possibly serve as a tool for linguistic and ideological manipulation. By applying the method of a qualitative discourse analysis, the author has studied 136 contemporary music pieces, paying attention both on their text and melodic layers. The gathered data revealed that many of the analysed songs contain words, phrases and other linguistic means typical for propaganda text. The characteristic of such texts developed by various researchers was used to distinguish the features of language and melody that could indicate the manipulative nature of the message transmitted by the songs. / Keywords: children’s songs, linguistic worldview, language propaganda

Pitutur: Children's Song by Ki Hadisukatno as an Alternative for Forming the Nation's Children's Character

Pitutur: Children's Song by Ki Hadisukatno as an Alternative for Forming the Nation's Children's Character

Identification of Religious and Cultural Elements in Arts Learning Materials at Indriyasana Somoitan Kindergarten and Mosque Syuhada Kindergarten

This research aims to describe religious and cultural elements in art learning materials in kindergarten. Art learning in early childhood is often carried out to develop various aspects of intellectual, social and spiritual maturity. This can be supported by the school's background under a religious foundation so that the learning carried out can be adapted to the existence of a religious environment in each school. The two schools use different cultural and religious elements in art learning at school. The writing of this article is the result of observations, interviews and documentation carried out using qualitative research methods with triangulation of data sources. The data analysis carried out obtained the results that the religious elements that appeared in arts learning in the two kindergartens were religious stories, religious singing, prayer activities with tunes, projects through stories in books, dancing with religious songs, playing angklung with spiritual songs, and playing gamelan with religious songs such as prayers. Meanwhile, the cultural elements applied are the introduction of traditional musical instruments, the introduction of traditional dance, the singing of children's songs, the use of traditional games associated with learning, making batik, and the use of traditional clothing in art learning.