Enhancing critical listening through the use of songs with social content : a situated literacy study.

Abstract

This action research is aimed at implementing song-based materials for the purpose of fostering listening within a framework of learning as situated practice in EFL classroom. The sample group for the current research were tenth grade learners between 14 and 18 years old from the public institution CEDID Guillermo Cano Isaza located in Bogotá, Colombia. Different data collection instruments were employed during the pedagogical intervention such as surveys, interviews, field notes, diagnostic test and artifacts. The proposal was carried out in three cycles and different songs were used in ESL classes with a critical and linguistic approach. In terms of analysis and organization of information, the triangulation method and grounded approach for data analysis were adopted to explore the results and findings, leading to the corresponding conclusions, limitations.