Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habits
Numerous studies have explored the effects of background music on reading comprehension, however, little is known about how native language (L1) lyrics and second language (L2) lyrics in background music influence reading comprehension performance for college students. The present study used a mixed...
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| description | Numerous studies have explored the effects of background music on reading comprehension, however, little is known about how native language (L1) lyrics and second language (L2) lyrics in background music influence reading comprehension performance for college students. The present study used a mixed experimental design to examine the effects of listening habits (between-participants variable: non-listeners or listeners), music type (between-participants variable: L1 (Mandarin) pop music, L2 (English) pop music or no music) and text language (within-participants variable: L1 or L2) on reading comprehension of college students in East China. A total of 90 participants (50 females) were screened into non- listeners (n = 45) and listeners (n = 45), and then were randomly assigned to one of three groups: Mandarin pop music group (n = 30), English pop music group (n = 30) and no music group (n = 30). The results showed that reading comprehension performance was negatively affected by music with lyrics compared to the no music condition. Furthermore, Chinese/English reading comprehension was reduced more by pop music in the same language as the written texts. As expected, non-listeners were more negatively affected by music with lyrics than listeners. For both listeners and non-listeners, average reading comprehension accuracy rates were the lowest in the condition of music with native language lyrics. Overall, our research findings indicate that listening to pop music with lyrics reduces reading comprehension performance. However, listening to background music cause much less distraction if the students commonly listen to music while reading. The current study supports the duplex-mechanism account of auditory distraction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b4346f2cc97471d9502fb94e8b88a2d2024-07-29T11:03:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-04-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.13635621363562Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habitsYanping Sun0Chuanning Sun1Chang Li2Xinrui Shao3Qingming Liu4Hongen Liu5Department of Applied Psychology, College of Sports and Health, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan, ChinaDepartment of Insurance, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, ChinaZizhong Middle School, Linqing, ChinaCollege of Physical Education and Health, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, ChinaNumerous studies have explored the effects of background music on reading comprehension, however, little is known about how native language (L1) lyrics and second language (L2) lyrics in background music influence reading comprehension performance for college students. The present study used a mixed experimental design to examine the effects of listening habits (between-participants variable: non-listeners or listeners), music type (between-participants variable: L1 (Mandarin) pop music, L2 (English) pop music or no music) and text language (within-participants variable: L1 or L2) on reading comprehension of college students in East China. A total of 90 participants (50 females) were screened into non- listeners (n = 45) and listeners (n = 45), and then were randomly assigned to one of three groups: Mandarin pop music group (n = 30), English pop music group (n = 30) and no music group (n = 30). The results showed that reading comprehension performance was negatively affected by music with lyrics compared to the no music condition. Furthermore, Chinese/English reading comprehension was reduced more by pop music in the same language as the written texts. As expected, non-listeners were more negatively affected by music with lyrics than listeners. For both listeners and non-listeners, average reading comprehension accuracy rates were the lowest in the condition of music with native language lyrics. Overall, our research findings indicate that listening to pop music with lyrics reduces reading comprehension performance. However, listening to background music cause much less distraction if the students commonly listen to music while reading. The current study supports the duplex-mechanism account of auditory distraction.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1363562/fullreading comprehensionstudy habitspop music with lyricsnative language lyricssecond language lyricswritten text language |
| spellingShingle | Yanping Sun Chuanning Sun Chang Li Xinrui Shao Qingming Liu Hongen Liu Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habits Frontiers in Psychology reading comprehension study habits pop music with lyrics native language lyrics second language lyrics written text language |
| title | Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habits |
| title_full | Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habits |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habits |
| title_short | Impact of background music on reading comprehension: influence of lyrics language and study habits |
| title_sort | impact of background music on reading comprehension influence of lyrics language and study habits |
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