Citing Textual Evidence
Direct Quote:
Students are always asking the teacher if they could listen to music, but little so often teachers ask why. When the teacher ask why, the students usually don’t know what to say so that student just say that it helps them concentrate. I disagree with what that student said, I think music can be a distraction to school work unless it is quiet enough to where someone can tune the music out. In Sheela Doraiswamy’s article “Does Music Help You Study”, She explains that “The researchers at the University of Wales expected that the changing state speech would have the most detrimental effect on the student's’ performance. Think about it like this– changing state is like having to do your homework while someone …show more content…
Let's say for example that a person likes to listen to jazz, then that person would be more relaxed rather than the people who like to listen to a rap song with music. When a song has lyrics, it is more likely to be distracting. The same as a faster beat, if the song has a faster beat it is more likely to get that person's attention:
Because music can impact and regulate your mood and the best mood to study in is a more relaxed mood, choosing music that helps you relax but also with enough beat or rhythm to ensure you don’t zone out while studying is crucial. But music that’s too loud or with too much of an upbeat tempo can also be distracting, so having a playlist or specific artist you turn to for studying music can really help.(Goodwin) In my opinion, I like to listen to music but depending on what I am listening to it can distract me from my school work. Let’s say that I am listening to jazz, then i am more likely to either stay focused or depending on how tired I am I might fall asleep. Rather than if I am listening to one of my favorite songs it is more likely to distract me because I would want to sing along or something like that. Although Some people say that it helps them focus, they probably just want to listen to their
Direct Quote:
Students are always asking the teacher if they could listen to music, but little so often teachers ask why. When the teacher ask why, the students usually don’t know what to say so that student just say that it helps them concentrate. I disagree with what that student said, I think music can be a distraction to school work unless it is quiet enough to where someone can tune the music out. In Sheela Doraiswamy’s article “Does Music Help You Study”, She explains that “The researchers at the University of Wales expected that the changing state speech would have the most detrimental effect on the student's’ performance. Think about it like this– changing state is like having to do your homework while someone …show more content…
Let's say for example that a person likes to listen to jazz, then that person would be more relaxed rather than the people who like to listen to a rap song with music. When a song has lyrics, it is more likely to be distracting. The same as a faster beat, if the song has a faster beat it is more likely to get that person's attention:
Because music can impact and regulate your mood and the best mood to study in is a more relaxed mood, choosing music that helps you relax but also with enough beat or rhythm to ensure you don’t zone out while studying is crucial. But music that’s too loud or with too much of an upbeat tempo can also be distracting, so having a playlist or specific artist you turn to for studying music can really help.(Goodwin) In my opinion, I like to listen to music but depending on what I am listening to it can distract me from my school work. Let’s say that I am listening to jazz, then i am more likely to either stay focused or depending on how tired I am I might fall asleep. Rather than if I am listening to one of my favorite songs it is more likely to distract me because I would want to sing along or something like that. Although Some people say that it helps them focus, they probably just want to listen to their