The Effects of Listening to Music Just Before Reading Test on Students’ Test Score

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 2427 - 2430, 13.05.2015

Mojtaba Mahdavı

Abstract

Abstract. In this study the researcher  examined  the  effect  of  music  on  reading  comprehension played just before the test .  Because the emotional consequences of music listening are evident in stress and anxiety removal, it was used as a tool to pacify the mind of the tastes and boost their memory and the related cognitive processes. Experimental group did well with the mean score of) and control group (). This study confirmed that using multimedia devices such as music can not only improve a skill in TEFL but also remove external interferer such as stress. 

Keywords

Music, Reading test

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