TY - JOUR AU - Rockell, Kim PY - 2016/01/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Incorporating Music in CALL: An exploratory study establishing a protocol for Computer Assisted Language Learning Incorporating Music (CALLiM) JF - AsiaCALL Online Journal JA - acoj VL - 11 IS - 1 SE - DO - UR - https://asiacall.info/acoj/index.php/journal/article/view/14 SP - A18-42 AB - <p><span style="left: 178.633px; top: 414.643px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.911749);">Research in fields such as cognitive science, anthropology and sociolinguistics strongly support the </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 434.893px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.872046);">importance of the music/language nexus, while in the language classroom, music is increasingly </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 454.893px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.923276);">recognized as a valuab</span><span style="left: 337.283px; top: 454.891px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.933921);">le education tool. Interesting studies, such as Franzblau’s computer</span><span style="left: 799.967px; top: 454.893px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif;">-</span><span style="left: 805.567px; top: 454.893px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.913566);">aided </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 475.091px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.969752);">learning system employing a pitch tracking line, and Lenz’s system for learning music using a </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 495.293px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.890835);">computer game, have potential application to music in CALL. However, very few studies h</span><span style="left: 819.367px; top: 495.293px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.877804);">ave </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 515.293px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.878798);">addressed the combination of music, language and computers directly. This paper reports on a </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 535.493px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.893318);">recent, Japan</span><span style="left: 277.633px; top: 535.493px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif;">-</span><span style="left: 283.033px; top: 535.493px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.896479);">based, exploratory study, which probes the affordances and constraints of </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 555.493px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.916961);">incorporating music in a CALL environment, establishing a </span><span style="left: 575.517px; top: 555.493px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.953165);">protocol for </span><span style="left: 658.317px; top: 555.493px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.888203);">computer assisted language </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 575.693px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.939279);">learning incorporating music (CALL</span><span style="left: 436.083px; top: 575.693px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif;">i</span><span style="left: 440.883px; top: 575.693px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.974867);">M).</span><span style="left: 472.283px; top: 575.693px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.903647);">Approaches used previously without a computer are </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 595.893px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.925498);">applied to CALL, to help discover the key functionalities and sustainable approaches that assist in </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 615.893px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.876303);">learning a language through music in a d</span><span style="left: 466.883px; top: 615.893px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.890906);">igital age. Reflective practice, auditor intervention and </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 636.093px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.935407);">diary work inform data collection and analysis. The study reveals a number of interesting </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 656.093px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.940766);">contradictions that arise when moving from a pre</span><span style="left: 516.483px; top: 656.093px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif;">-</span><span style="left: 522.083px; top: 656.093px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.942862);">CALL to CALL environment. It also sheds light </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 676.293px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.904467);">on issues tha</span><span style="left: 268.033px; top: 676.293px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.923145);">t impact on searching and sampling, vocabulary learning strategies, and developing </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 696.493px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.917736);">comprehension skills and cultural competence when incorporating musical strategies. With Ilocano </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 716.526px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.871131);">song lyric texts as a point of departure, the importance of employing varied</span><span style="left: 711.517px; top: 716.526px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.916883);">rhythmic drills and </span><span style="left: 179.433px; top: 736.726px; font-size: 16.6px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.921562);">featuring music as a component of rich input (RI) is also highlighted by the study</span>.</p> ER -