| The purpose of this paper is to discuss effectiveness of the Denda Method for improving the listening comprehension ,rhythm and fluency of Japanese students. Various teaching materials have been used to develop students' listening and speaking ability. Most of them are aimed at hearing spoken English as much as possible so that students get used to the sounds of English.
The Denda Method has a different kind of approach toward this goal. Instead of hearing English, students listen to music, whose sound frequencies are artificially changed. Sounds with frequencies lower than 6000 hz are removed from these pieces of music, so students listen to the sounds with relatively high frequencies about 30 minutes every day, for 2 weeks.
This method was developed originally for training students majoring in musical performance. The music with processed sound stimulates auditory sensitivity of students. The mechanics of the method can also be applied to English education. We researched this hypothesis using students of Mejiro University to prove the effectiveness of the method in developing their English listening and speaking skill. In this paper, I would like to discuss the results of the experiment and show the effectiveness of the Denda Method.
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