Seminar on Academic Writing for International Publication and Presentation – Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa UIN Suska Riau

Enhancing students’ motivation
by using music and songs
By
Juriana Lubis
Juriana.lubis@yahoo.co.id

State Islamic University of Suska Riau

Introduction
What are students’ problems?
Learning is challenging
 Having low response
 Getting Low scores on exam
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Unmotivated

Motivation is a factor to determine whether
individual’ goals are high or low (Brown, 2001,
p.75)

What is
motivation?

According to Turner (1995) stated that
motivation to be synonymous with
cognitive engagement, which he defines
as “voluntary uses of high-level selfregulated learning strategies, such as
paying attention, connection, planning,
and monitoring”

Gredler, Broussard and Garrison
(2004) define motivation as the
attribute that moves us to do or
not to do something

Patel and Jain (2008) stated some
importance of motivation:
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Having high motivation will create effective
process
Motivation create teaching atmosphere
Students will be active and creative
It can grow students’ interest and inspiration

Music and songs
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Orlova (2003) : Using music and songs has
been considered as a methodology in
teaching English as a foreign language.

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Lo and Li (1998) : Learning English through
songs provides a non-threatening

atmosphere for students.

Related Studies about
motivation and Songs
1. Zainol Abidin (2011)
 Better enthusiasm
 Significant improvement in speaking
2. Chunxuan Shen (2009)
 Students have effective power when use songs
3. Sarah Paskalia (2014)
 Students became excited to participate
 Songs improved students’ motivation

What can students learn from music or songs?

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Do translation
Train listening skill
Practice speaking
Enhance vocabulary

Conclusion
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Teacher should motivate students by
teaching English creatively

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Using music
and songs

Schoepp (2001): songs are
largely beneficial to motivate

students

References
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Schoepp K, 2001. Reason for Using Songs in the ESL/EFL
Classroom. Retrieved April, 17, 2006, from http://
iteslj.Org/Articls/Schoepp-Songs.html.Gredler,
Broussard, S. C., & Garrison, M. E. B. (2004). The relationship
between classroom motivation and academic achievement in
elementary school-aged children. Family and Consumer Sciences
Research Journal, 33(2), 106–120.)

Orlova.N.F (2003). Helping prospective EFL teacher learn how to
use songs in conversation classroom. The internet TESL
Journal,9.3.http//itslj.org/techniques/orlova-songs.html
Lo,R.S.M & H.F.C.Li (1998).Song enhance learner
involvement.English Teaching Forum
Turner, J. C. (1995). The influence of classroom contexts on
young children’s motivation for literacy. Reading Research
Quarterly, 30(3), 410–441.

Thank You