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Literacy-Based Elementary Music Instruction And English Language Literacy Acquisition, Stefan Wolf
Literacy-Based Elementary Music Instruction And English Language Literacy Acquisition, Stefan Wolf
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It is often touted by music educators and proponents of music education in the public school system that music helps improve math and reading achievement and test scores. While this justification has undoubtedly saved some music programs, the purpose of this study is not to establish the usefulness of music education in improving other skills but rather to find parallels and overlaps between music literacy and English language acquisition and the pedagogy used to teach both and to determine what implications these relationships have for music literacy pedagogy for all. The author tentatively postulates that music literacy instruction has some …