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MUSIC AND MEMORY: PREDICTORS FOR ATTAINED ESL ORAL PROFICIENCY
Author(s) -
Brutten Sheila R.,
Angelis Paul J.,
Perkins Kyle
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1985.tb01030.x
Subject(s) - psychology , loudness , variance (accounting) , musical , cognitive psychology , rhythm , language proficiency , linguistics , developmental psychology , audiology , mathematics education , visual arts , medicine , art , philosophy , business , accounting , aesthetics
This article presents the results of an empirical concurrent validation study in which measures of musical ability (pitch, loudness, and rhythm), auditory discrimination, and memory were used to account for variance in attained ESL oral proficiency. Memory was a significant, though tenuous, predictor of variance in the dependent variable. In addition, significant differences were noted for the different language groups and for the different tests. The article concludes with a proposed research program to determine whether training in musical abilities might be a profitable adjunct to ESL instruction.