MUSIC AND VOCABULARY LEARNING : a pilot study on probable pedagogical effects of music on the learning of new vocabularies of a foreign language

Abstract: Learning and memorizing vocabularies of a new language is regarded as an important factor ingaining mastery over a new language while it is a tedious and challenging task. Learners feel reluctant to learn new words by heart and, in most cases, they fail to do so. The aim of this studyis to propose a pleasurable teaching methodology by using music as a variable to enhance and tofacilitate the learning process and to bring joy to the language learning environment.