The Effect of Using English Songs on Speaking Ability of Iranian Pre-School Students in Kerman

This study assessed the effect of using english songs on iranian pre-school students’ speaking proficiency in kerman. the study was conducted at novin preschool, in total, fifty preschool students aged 56 participated in the study. at the beginning of the study, a pretest of speaking was administered to the participants of the study. then, they were assigned into two groups, 25 students were in the control group and 25 students were in the experimental group. english songs were used to expand the students’ speaking proficiency in the experimental group and the participants of the control group utilized conventional methods of teaching speaking skills. after the treatment, a speaking post-test was administered to the participants of both groups to assess the effect of treatments on their speaking ability. the results were analyzed using the independent samples ttest and paired samples ttest. the results of the study indicated that english songs had a significant effect on the speaking ability of iranian preschool students in kerman. finally, the findings of the study assist the preschool instructors to attract their students to learn a foreign language by using a songbased strategy.