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UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA TRABAJO RECEPCIONAL Título: Songs as a tool to develop listening and speaking skills at a beginners’ level Que para obtener el título de: LICENCIADO EN LENGUA INGLESA PRESENTA: Ingrid del Carmen Muñoz Pérez DIRECTORA: Patricia Núñez Mercado Xalapa, Ver., Julio 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 3 OBJECTIVES: 4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 4 MAP 4 CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW 6 1.1 Definition of the listening and speaking skills. 6 1.1.1 Developing the listening skill7 1.1.2 Developing the speaking skill 7 1.2 The importance of developing listening and speaking skills in an EFL classroom. 8 1.2.1 The listening skill in an EFL classroom 8 1.2.2 The speaking skill in an EFL classroom9 1.3 Difficulties in developing listening and speaking skills in an EFL classroom. 10 1.3.1The mother tongue 10 1.3.2 The teacher 10 1.4 The implementation of songs as a teaching tool to develop listening and speaking skills 11 1.4.1 Benefits of using songs in an EFL classroom. 12 1.4.2 Variety of activities 13 1.4.3 Authentic material 13 1.5 Significant factors to choose a suitable song 14 CHAPTER TWO: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16 2.1 Qualitative Research 16 2.2 Research Methodologies 17 2.3 Research Context 17 2.4 Data Collection 18 2.5 Research Instruments 20 2.6 Data Collection Process 21 2.7 Data Analysis 22 CHAPTER III: FINDINGS24 CONCLUSION 34 REFERENCES 36 APPENDIXES 39