Reading/Writing Level 3
27 JAN 2015
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ADVANTAGES OF LISTENING MUSIC WHILE STUDYING
One strongly advantage of listening to music while studying is that it helps students to concentrate better. Many students often listen to music to effectively concentrate when they write an essay, solve math problems or read a history book. There are some background noises distract or disturb students while they are studying such as, the child cries, friends chat, the phone rings etc. All of these things are trying to discourage even the most diligent students from going to study. Wearing headphones or earphones, turning on favorite songs are the best ways to escape from these distractions. Many studies show that some genres of music such as Jazz or Baroque could help the brain signals processing faster. For instance, when listening to a Jazz song, I feel happier, more relaxed and reducing stress. Music really helps my mind regain the energy that I easily continue focusing on the work. The human brain is very smart, but it is also lazy to concentrate for a long time. When doing one thing for a long time, the brain feel bored, hence it easily gets off the track. Some student share experiences that when they focus on study for two or three hours, they feel hardly to keep their mind going on the lesson. Different changes happened however, when they listen to music that helps everything back to its orbit. As a result, music really helps students kept their concentration on studying.
Another advantage of listening to music is that music can helps students get creative ideas while studying. From joy to sad from happiness to despair, music really has a special ability to leading our emotions. If I need to write a sympathy essay sharing the sorrow with people dying on the war, I should choose a blues ballad song to listen while writing. If I am solving an equation in algebra, I need to find a little hard rock of Linkin Park. Music can simulate students’ creativity as a