Question

Read the following article about children and music. Write a summary about how children can
benefit from music.
Your summary should be about 100 words long (and no more than I20 words long). You should
use your own words as far as possible.
You will receive up to 8 marks for the content of your summary and up to 8 marks for the
style and accuracy of your language.
In the early 1990s, some people thought that if you played recordings of music by the classical
composer Mozart to babies, their brain power would increase. Studies since then have shown that
this so called 'Mozart effect' does not exist. However, there is plenty of evidence that active and
regular involvement in music can be very good for children.
In one experiment carried out in London, psychologists studied the effect that singing along to songs
by the pop band Blur had on a group of children, and there have been similar studies with different
types of music. In each case, the researchers reached the conclusion that the activity makes children
happier. What's more, as a result, they perform difficult tasks better. Most of us, of course, know from
personal experience that music can have this impact. We also know that music-making often happens
in groups of various kinds and we recognise music as something that is shared with others.
Researchers have found that this aspect of music-making can help pre-teens develop valuable social
skills.
Psychologists have also looked at more specific issues. They have discovered, for example, that
babies and infants who are encouraged to clap and sing along to a variety of songs tend to learn to
speak faster than babies who don't have this experience. Other studies have shown that children who
receive music education of some kind - at home with parents, in nursery or at school - are often
particularly good at learning other languages. Other researchers have observed that when children
learn about musical rhythms, patterns and timing, their ability to deal with numbers improves. In other
words, there is often a connection between having some music training and being good at maths.
It's not very surprising that music should have an impact. 'Physical exercise and training over time
changes a person's body and makes them better at doing things like sport, says psychologist Dr
Evelina Hutz. 'It's similar with hearing and learning about music, though probably more in terms of the
brain!
Musical education is not only intellectual, however. It can also be physical. Research indicates that
children who learn to dance and play musical instruments tend to develop good physical coordination.
Those who are trained to dance, for example, are more likely than others to be able to move in a
smooth and efficient way.
It has also been found that musical training improves children's memory and their ability to
concentrate. These qualities are clearly very valuable. The more you think about it, says Dr Hutz, 'the
more obvious it is that music should be a central part of education! One country where music is given
priority in schools is Finland and, interestingly, on international tests, Finnish children regularly
achieve higher scores in various subjects than most other countries in the world.
One quality that can contribute hugely to an individual's success in almost any field is self confidence,

and it seems clear that children who have some form of musical education have greater self-
confidence. 'Research studies provide plenty of good evidence of this,' Dr Hutz says
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