1。2。2 Foreign research status

Music and language are two closely related systems。 This idea has a long history, it can be traced back to the ancient Greek era。 In the period of the Enlightenment in eighteenth century, this thought has been further developed。 From the point of view of linguistics, the study of the application of music language is an important achievement of the theory of music。 Music is another subject that can be used for the study of Chromsky (1975) generative grammar。 Music helps us to explore the general rule of language from another field。

Jackendoff discussed the internal relation between language and music in his book(A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, GTTM)。 People’s perception of music is from birth。 People’s perception of music is parallel to the perception of language。 In view of the similarity between music and language perception, music perception plays a strong supporting role in language processing。 

Mora Fonseca also pointed out that the musical nature of language could affect students’ English pronunciation and even the whole process of English acquisition。 Therefore, it is necessary to promote the use of “Melody” method in the process of English teaching。

1。3 Research significance

1。3。1 Improving students’ sensibility, and stimulating students’ interest in learning

For primary school students, English is a completely unfamiliar subject。 They are full of curiosity, and want to enter this new world。 A difficult word or a sentence can make them stay away, but English songs can shorten the distance between them。 It allows students to start a new lesson in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere。 Especially songs with actions, the actions can help students to focus their attention together quickly, and improve learning interest。 Music can reduce the psychological pressure of students, create active classroom atmosphere, and stimulate students to learn music。 Dull and rote English can only let students feel tired of English。

1。3。2 Training language rhythm, and cultivating good pronunciation

As we all know, most of the ballad songs have their rhymes and artistic conception, so that it is easy for students to recite and sing English songs。 It can enable the students to have a preliminary understanding of English stress and rhythm。 For example, there is a song in the textbook “ Fly, fly, my kite。 Fly, fly, my kite。 Fly, fly very high。 Up, up in the sky。” This song focuses on training the pronunciation of l and y in stressed open syllables。 Pronunciation is the basis of learning English, and it is also helpful to the grammar and vocabulary learning。 In this sense, the correct pronunciation is the key to open the door of English。来~自,优^尔-论;文*网www.chuibin.com +QQ752018766-

1。3。3 Reducing the learning difficulty and improving the learning efficiency

Students in the elementary school can not read sentences smoothly, especially when they read long sentences。 It’s hard for them to express their meaning in English。 This is because English is our second language。 There is a big difference between the pronunciation rules of English and Chinese。 As a result, the tongue of the students is not so flexible。 In fact, learning to sing songs is a good way to train the flexibility of the tongue。 Therefore, teachers can choose some familiar songs to teach students。

In teaching, teachers can use music songs to practice a language project, such as pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary。 We can use music songs for a comprehensive training on listening and speaking, reading and writing skills, in order to improve the comprehensive ability to use language。