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na Paula Gortan-Carlin and Gordana Dobravac
Table 1 Textbook Structure per Unit and Song Number
Textbook 1 Textbook 2 Textbook 3
22 songs 19 songs 10 songs
Introductory unit Introductory unit Introductory unit
1 song 1 song 3 songs
Unit 1 Do you speak English? Unit 1 My family Unit 1 Hello
5 songs 1 song 1 song
Unit 2 Let’s go to school Unit 2 My school Unit 2 In the sky
1 song 2 songs 1 song
Unit 3 Good morning! Unit 3 My room Unit 3 At school
3 songs 3 songs 1 song
Unit 4 Animals Unit 4 My pets Unit 4 Colours
3 songs 4 songs 2 songs
Unit 5 Colours Unit 5 My food Unit 5 Feelings
3 songs 3 songs 1 song
Unit 6 Toys Unit 6 My music Christmas song
4 songs 3 songs
1 song Christmas song
Christmas song Easter song
Results and Discussion
All analyzed textbooks have a similar structure: an introductory unit, fol-
lowed by 5 or 6 units, and a closing unit with extra materials or songs related
to holidays (Easter and Christmas). Each unit incorporates at least one song
(table 1). Therefore, it could be inferred that the textbooks authors are aware
of the importance of including songs into early language learning.
Musical Analysis
For the purpose of this study a total of 51 songs were analyzed. The num-
ber of songs per textbooks varies since there is no prescribed recommen-
dation about the number of songs per textbooks. Textbook 1 includes 22
songs, textbook 2 has 19 songs, while there are 10 songs in Textbook 3. Af-
ter analyzing the songs according to the musical elements, the conclusion is
that 30 songs or 58.8 of the total number are age-appropriate in terms of
range (table 2). If this number is broken down per textbooks the results is the
following: textbook 1 – 9 out of 22 songs are range-appropriate (41); text-
book 2 – 14 out of 19 songs are range-appropriate (74); and there are 7 out
of 10 songs that are range-appropriate for first graders in textbook 3 (70).
The term ‘range-appropriate’ is used when the vocal range of the performers
singing the song fall within the young child’s singing range A to C2. If it is
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Table 1 Textbook Structure per Unit and Song Number
Textbook 1 Textbook 2 Textbook 3
22 songs 19 songs 10 songs
Introductory unit Introductory unit Introductory unit
1 song 1 song 3 songs
Unit 1 Do you speak English? Unit 1 My family Unit 1 Hello
5 songs 1 song 1 song
Unit 2 Let’s go to school Unit 2 My school Unit 2 In the sky
1 song 2 songs 1 song
Unit 3 Good morning! Unit 3 My room Unit 3 At school
3 songs 3 songs 1 song
Unit 4 Animals Unit 4 My pets Unit 4 Colours
3 songs 4 songs 2 songs
Unit 5 Colours Unit 5 My food Unit 5 Feelings
3 songs 3 songs 1 song
Unit 6 Toys Unit 6 My music Christmas song
4 songs 3 songs
1 song Christmas song
Christmas song Easter song
Results and Discussion
All analyzed textbooks have a similar structure: an introductory unit, fol-
lowed by 5 or 6 units, and a closing unit with extra materials or songs related
to holidays (Easter and Christmas). Each unit incorporates at least one song
(table 1). Therefore, it could be inferred that the textbooks authors are aware
of the importance of including songs into early language learning.
Musical Analysis
For the purpose of this study a total of 51 songs were analyzed. The num-
ber of songs per textbooks varies since there is no prescribed recommen-
dation about the number of songs per textbooks. Textbook 1 includes 22
songs, textbook 2 has 19 songs, while there are 10 songs in Textbook 3. Af-
ter analyzing the songs according to the musical elements, the conclusion is
that 30 songs or 58.8 of the total number are age-appropriate in terms of
range (table 2). If this number is broken down per textbooks the results is the
following: textbook 1 – 9 out of 22 songs are range-appropriate (41); text-
book 2 – 14 out of 19 songs are range-appropriate (74); and there are 7 out
of 10 songs that are range-appropriate for first graders in textbook 3 (70).
The term ‘range-appropriate’ is used when the vocal range of the performers
singing the song fall within the young child’s singing range A to C2. If it is
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