Teachers'Approaches to Using Popular Music in English Language Teaching

Abstract

This thesis deals with the use of popular music in English language teaching. The theoretical part of the thesis puts the issue into broader context both from the perspective of the general aim of English teaching, i.e., the development of communicative competence, and from the point of affective factors in acquiring of English language. The theoretical part also discusses the potential of popular music as a didactic tool in English language teaching. The practical part, on the basis of the theoretical basis, aims to find out what the teachers' Approaches are to using popular music in ELT and what potential they see in popular music as a didactic tool.