Lyrical Techniques and Vocabulary Acquisition

Abstract

The present research is focused on investigating different strategies for teaching and learning of vocabulary. For this reason the topic is lyrical techniques and vocabulary acquisition. It aimed to analyze the influence of the two variables along with the learning of new words. This research had a quantitative pre-experimental approach with a population of 12 students of Unidad Educativa "Jerusalén". Four months of research were carried out with a duration of 4 weeks in the treatments with tenth-grade students. The children took a pre-test which was a standardized KET Cambridge exam to obtain reliable data. This test was focused on listening skills and consisted of five parts with a total duration of 45 minutes, but only the first three parts of this test with a duration of 30 minutes were taken into account to evaluate the vocabulary of the students. During the treatments applied, it was necessary to use lyrical techniques such as songs with their lyrics. In addition, recreational activities such as pictionary, simon says, don't say yes or no and so on were essential before introducing the topics proposed by the researcher. After the treatments, a post-test was applied in order to compare the results and determine the students’ improvement in their vocabulary acquisition. IBM SPSS statistical software was used for the analysis and data collection. Finally, the results showed that the mean pre-test score was 2.9 out of 10, while the mean post-test score was 7.2 out of 10. Concluding that the acquisition of vocabulary improved notably with the use of lyrical techniques, especially with the use of songs.