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A Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship between Music-Reading Ability and English Language Learner Status

Wang, Renee Hester
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460930878

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2016, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the music-reading ability of English Language Learner (ELL) students as compared to non-ELLs and to establish baseline data for future research. Participants were 80 second-year, seventh-grade instrumental music students in a large public school district in the southern United States. The participants completed a demographic profile survey and pitch-identification test online. Results of the study survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a binary logistic regression model. Analysis demonstrated a significant correlation between ELL status and number of questions answered correctly. The logistic regression model indicated that ELL status was not a significant predictor of pitch-identification ability. Other variables that were found to be predictors of pitch-identification ability included participant age, primary language spoken at home, self-perceived English-reading ability, self-perceived music-reading ability, and question difficulty.
Robert Gillespie, PhD (Advisor)
Daryl Kinney, PhD (Committee Member)
Mark Rudoff, MM (Committee Member)
84 p.
English As A Second Language; Music; Music Education
music reading; English Language Learner

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  • Wang, R. H. (2016). A Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship between Music-Reading Ability and English Language Learner Status [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460930878

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wang, Renee. A Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship between Music-Reading Ability and English Language Learner Status. 2016. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460930878.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wang, Renee. "A Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship between Music-Reading Ability and English Language Learner Status." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460930878

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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