The effectiveness of cover Thai songs in Chinese listening skills improvement for grade 6 students at a private primary school in Thailand

Abstract

Song conveys messages and words that are loaded with meanings, also it can be used for obtaining knowledge. However, songs in the classroom have been related to recreation and entertainment environment. Many learners do not know the meaning of “the lyrics”. In this study, the research aimed to examine if the application of cover Thai songs as a pedagogical tool would help learners improve their Chinese listening skills. This experimental research involved two classes of students, one performed as an experimental group and the other one as a control group at private primary schools in Thailand. The instruments used were pretest and posttest, and a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. Furthermore, the data taken from questionnaires were investigated to find out the students’ learning satisfaction through cover Thai songs. This study found that using cover Thai songs in Chinese listening skills was more effectively improved than the Chinese songs. The significance is 0.33 (Sig. > 0.05) with p-value of 0.53 (P > 0.05) in the comparison of the pretest scores between the experimental group and the control group. It showed that the level of Chinese listening skills between the experimental group and the control group was not significantly different. The significance is 0.51 (Sig. > 0.05) with p-value of 0.005 (P < 0.05). It showed that the level of Chinese listening skills between the experimental group and the control group was significantly different in the comparison of the posttest scores between the experimental group and the control group. In addition, the total average of questionnaire was 4.75. It showed that the cover Thai songs increased students’ learning satisfaction in a very positive level