Author: Мadalov, Navruz Ergashevich; Yusupaliyeva, Iroda Yusupaliyevna

Annotation: Vocabulary constitutes the single most critical determinant of communicative competence in a foreign language: without words, no grammar and no phonological system can enable meaningful communication. This article examines the theoretical and empirical bases for using songs and chants as primary vehicles for vocabulary development in primary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, with particular reference to the developmental characteristics of learners aged six to eleven and to the national educational context of Uzbekistan.

Keywords: vocabulary development, songs and chants, primary EFL, phonological loop, formulaic language, lexical acquisition.

Pages in journal: 107 - 111