Learning in Thai especially in the primary and secondary school. Some of the problems were teachers’ heavy teaching loads, inadequately equipped classrooms and education technology, teachers, insufficient English language skills and cultural knowledge. Problems involving students who wished to speak English fluently included challenging interference from Thai language, lack of opportunity to use English in their daily, unchallenging English lessons, being passive. Learners, being tooshy to speak English with classmates, being poorly – motivated and lack of responsibility for their own learning. These problems have been attributable to the unsatisfactory result of English language teaching. (Geringer, 2003)
In order to develop listening skills, effective material used in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes is a crucial aspect of the teaching method. Technology has played an increasingly important role in the methods of instruction. One technology is music which offers instructors a wide variety of resource material to be employed in EFL classrooms to improve students listening comprehension. (Keihaniyan,2013)
Instruction in teaching language learning due to its multiplying input modalities that can motivate learners and attract their attention to the aural input. As a result, the use of music is widely employed as an instrument to practice listening skill in English language learning. For these reasons, the aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the effects of using music in the development of listening skills in an EFL classroom. (Lynch,1998)
That music training can be of immense benefit to language development. Music listening—such as paying attention to pitch variation and timbre—can increase a child's ability to distinguish specific sounds within words. The awareness that comes from listening to rhythm in music can increase awareness of the rhythmic structure of language, thus helping children learn to read fluently. (Susannah,1993)