Comprehensive review of the effect of using music in second language learning
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2021
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Lee, Jiyoon and Schreibeis, Matthew. "Chapter 15. Comprehensive review of the effect of using music in second language learning" In Crossing Borders, Making Connections: Interdisciplinarity in Linguistics edited by Allison Burkette and Tamara Warhol, 231-246. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501514371-016
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The present chapter reviews the application of music to teaching and learning
a second language (L2). Conversations about the potential effect of music on brain
function have widely circulated among the general public since Rauscher,
Robinson, and Jens’ (1998) study examining the impact of Mozart’s music on listeners’ spatial reasoning, finding that those who listened to ten minutes of a piece
for two pianos performed better on a shape-predicting task than in situations
where they listened to a relaxation tape or worked in silence. Although their study
had a small number of participants (n=36), and the music’s positive effect on participants’ spatial reasoning lasted only 10–15 minutes after the treatment, an oversimplification of the experiment results led people to believe that classical works
by Bach or Mozart could help listeners enhance their memory and boost brain
functions in the areas of mathematical analysis, analytical reasoning, or spatial
reasoning