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Mediciego 2012; 18 (1)

Achievements in the communicative competence through the use of music in the English classes

Gómez RCA, Martínez GAC, Martínez GA

Language: Spanish
References: 14
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ABSTRACT

A pre-experimental study was conducted with 50 students from the second year of the Medicine career. We applied and evaluated an instrument to know the level of knowledge acquired by them when introducing the music in the English lessons. That instrument was applied before and after introducing the different exercises, obtaining as results an elevation of the level of assimilation and comprehension of knowledge that the students need in the study of the English language.


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