Beneficios del entrenamiento musical para el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera

Abstract

Current rise of international papers on the close link of musical aptitude and linguistic aptitude indicates that musical training may foster foreign language learning. The focus of this study was analyzing instrumental musical training and language learning in 454 Spanish learners of compulsory secondary education. A correlational study compared the academic success of students enrolled in a pilot musical programme combining secondary education and musical studies to that of students in the same school following the standard secondary education syllabus. In a second stage, the two variables "self-efficacy and willingness to keep studying English" were also considered. The analysis shows a statistically significant incidence of instrumental musical training on language learning as explained by higher level of self-efficacy and willingness to keep studying English.