Abstract: This article describes the advantages and the examples of song tosupport English language learning process. Moreover, this article explains theposition of English language in Indonesia and the characteristic of childrenas foreign language learners. Children have unique characteristics that couldbe employed for the supporting factors and disadvantaging factors of foreignlanguage learning process. They need to move and be able to concentrate for ashort term, learn through experiences, have less ability to control and plan theiractivities, not fear to do some mistakes or take risks, not really pay attention totheir shelves or their actions, pay attention to the language purpose, and posseslimited experiences in their lives. Songs are learning resources that have so manyadvantages, including linguistics resource, affective/psychological resource, andcognitive resource. Songs can be good learning sources as teaching media forEnglish language class.
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