Music as Tool for Oral Competence in French Language Among Nigerian Students

Abstract

This paper focuses on the role music play in effective teaching and learning of French language by youths in higher institutions in Nigeria using the Redeemer’s University students as a case study, with the view of finding the best method to motivate the learners who are already used to speaking their mother tongue (L1) and or English language (L2), in learning

French as         a          foreign language         (FFL).   The      case     of         French as         second foreign            language         among students           of         the       Redeemer’s     University        (RUN)  is            reviewed         with     the       aim      of         infusing           both     local    and      international            French music   as         a          potent  tool      to         improve           oral      competence    in            French language         among Nigerian          learners.          French songs   were    brought           into            the       class    and      it          was      established      that      students           got       very     interested,            participated    and      lessons became           very     interactive.      They    could   retain  structures            of         songs   as         well     as         use       them    to         construct         grammatical sentences,       in         the       process;           they     became           more   courageous     in         speaking            French.