Analysis of song activities for developing listening skill for students in octavo ano de educacion general basica at unidad educativa "mercedes de jesus molina" city of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province, during the academic period september 2016 february 2017
The present research was done at Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional "Mercedes de Jesus Molina" with the students of Octavo Ano Parallel "A" through a previous observation the following problem was detected, the students have not been properly encouraged to develop and practice the listening skill because of the inappropriate use of song activities. This current investigation was carried out with the objective of analyze the song activities that help to develop the listening skill in the students of Octavo Ano. This investigation was of qualitative type with an exploratory level. The ethnographic method was used to discover what occurs in the field of study. The non participatory observation was used due to the role of the researcher was passive. The population was 42 students and the teacher. The instrument used for the data collection was an observation sheet which was applied to the population mention above. After the analysis of results, it concludes that through the use of song activities favor in the development of listening skill, however, the song activities are not applied adequately, which prevents students from having a correct listening comprehension, causing an inconvenience in the learning of the English language.