UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' VIEWS ON VOCABULARY LEARNING THROUGH ED SHEERAN'S SONGS

Pirada  Anuwech; Kamonwan  Lianlek; Praewa  Mangsomboon; Kamon  hip Makpirom

Pirada Anuwech Business English Department, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Kamonwan Lianlek Undergraduate Student Researcher, English Department, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Praewa Mangsomboon Undergraduate Student Researcher, English Department, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Kamon hip Makpirom Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Keywords: EFL, Vocabulary, Undergraduate Students

Abstract

This present study was conducted to investigate how Thai EFL undergraduate students perceived usage of Ed Sheeran’s song to learn vocabulary according to vocabulary learning framework of Nation (2024). This quantitative survey study was equipped with online questionnaire inquiries in order to collect data from 314 Thai undergraduate students studying in English related majors in a Rajabhat university in Bangkok derived through snowball sampling technique. Data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics of average and standard deviation and interpreted according to 5-Likert-scale interpretation. It could be observed in the results that songs of Ed Sheeran were perceived to be appropriate for vocabulary learning at high level (mean = 3.79, S.D. = 0.94) especially in terms of focus learners’ attention on vocabulary learning (mean = 3.82, S.D. = 0.95).