Music as an Accelerator of a Learning Process

Throughout the ages, music has been an imprescriptible part of humans life. The music of ancient people could tell the researches a lot about their historical events and lifestyle. Currently, people also use music for various purposes: to celebrate a festival, to relax and meditate, or to going for sport. Apart from this, some individuals listen to music while reading books, doing home assignments, or working on a project. What is more, some professors switch on classical or calm music to help students concentrate on the exam. The current research paper investigates the issue of the connection between music and learning. It tries to reveal whether a widespread belief that music makes the learning process more effective is a misconception or not. The paper argues that music indeed could facilitate a learning process and make it easier, more productive, and pleasurable.

1. A survey of students with different academic performance should be conducted to illustrate whether young people with better grades indeed tend to listen to music while reading or doing preparations for a class.
2. Influence of different kinds of music on the learning process

   1. Classical music and Mozart effect.
   2. Rock music.
   3. Popular music.
   4. White noise.
3. Music affects academic performance and the learning process of adolescents.

   1. Studying habits of people who used to listen to music and not vary (Bhatt, p. 830).
   2. Music helps to find the practical application of theoretical knowledge received while listening to music (Bhatt, p. 830).
   3. Music enhances the quality of the learning process via the betterment of memory capacity.
4. The justification that music does not affect the outcomes of the learning process and academic performance of adolescents.

   1. There is no impact on concentration (Bhatt, p. 830).
   2. Listening to music while learning increases the level of anxiety (Bhatt, p. 830)
   3. The effect is vice versa: students with good memory and learning capabilities, improve their results while training and listening to music simultaneously (Lehmann and Seufert, p. 1).
5. Indirect influence of music on the process of education.

   1. Speedreading and music: Zhinkin’s rhythm as a tool for learning in speedreading.
   2. Languages and music: Listening to songs helps to learn a foreign language faster and develops skills of understanding what one heard.

In conclusion, it should be mentioned that the initial thesis of the current research paper was refuted by the scholarly articles and the survey conducted among the students with different final grades. Music, of any kind, could not be called a remedy for students with low academic achievements. Therefore, from the research, it could be inferred that music’s ability to influence the quality of the process of education is overestimated and is instead a misconception rather than an undeniable fact. Nevertheless, it should be admitted that music has a mediocre impact on the learning process. For example, it is advised to listen to songs that are performed in a foreign language that a student is learning. This way, a person will practice listening skills and expand vocabulary. Still, these results could be achieved only through conscious listening on a daily basis. In addition, a part of learning to read speedily includes reading books upside-down while listening to a metronome, particular rhythms, or songs with a lot of lyrics. Consequently, listening to music does not have a direct correlation with better grades; nevertheless, it is a tool that could be added to other educational techniques.

Works Cited

1. Bhatt, Aarti. “Music and study habit: Does listening music affect study habit, anxiety and academic achievement of adolescents.” International Journal of Applied Research 3.6 (2017): 828-830.
2. Lehmann, Janina AM, and Tina Seufert. “The influence of background music on learning in the light of different theoretical perspectives and the role of working memory capacity.” Frontiers in psychology 8 (2017): 1-11.