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Title: EFL Learners' Speaking Proficiency and Its Connection to Emotional Understanding, Willingness to Communicate and Musical Experience
Language: English
Authors: Fernández-García, Antonio (ORCID 0000-0003-2660-9749), Fonseca-Mora, M. Carmen (ORCID 0000-0002-2404-3553)
Source: Language Teaching Research. Jan 2022 26(1):124-140.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Speech Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Response, Singing, Music, Correlation, Adolescents, High School Students, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Spain
DOI: 10.1177/1362168819891868
ISSN: 1362-1688
Abstract: One of the main reasons for studying a foreign language is communicating with others, but many students do not feel confidently enough when trying to develop their speaking skills. Among adolescents' frequent activities are that of listening to music while paying attention to song lyrics. We hypothesize that these musical experiences could influence their speaking skills. The present study aims to consider different factors that could influence students' speaking proficiency. Among these factors, students' emotional understanding, their willingness to communicate in a FL and their musical experience are considered. One hundred and twenty-four students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in the fourth year of Secondary Education from three different high schools in Spain took part in the study. Oral data were collected through individual interviews and three scales were administered to measure the different factors. Students' musical experience and emotional response to music were measured through The Absorption in Music Scale, their emotional understanding of verbal texts through The Situational Test of Emotional Understanding -- Brief, and their willingness to communicate in the EFL class through Willingness to Communicate Scale. Although no direct connection was found between students' musical experience and their speaking proficiency, results demonstrate that students with high emotional understanding show better speaking skills and that students with musical experience exhibited higher emotional understanding. We detected a significant positive connection between emotional understanding and all the five parameters considered to assess students' speaking proficiency. The connection between willingness to communicate in the EFL class and students' speaking skills is even greater.
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