THE EFFECT OF SONGS ON EFL LEARNERS’ GRAMMAR RECALL AND RETENTION

Plethora of studies have been carried out to find the affectivity of song as instrument in English language classrooms. The present study attempts to investigate the effects of song on recall and retention of conditional sentences throughout upper-intermediate language learners .To achieve such a purpose, a language proficiency test was administered to 72 students of upper- level who were attending English language institute in Hamadan, Iran. It was in form of multiple-choice items on structure and vocabulary. Finally, 40 learners whose scores were within one standard deviation below and above mean were selected and divided into two homogenous groups of control and experimental. The result of two t-tests supports the idea that the musical-group made a better performance on recall and retention of conditional sentences. The findings suggest the effectiveness of song not only as an entertaining but also as pedagogical material when it comes to teach grammar.