The effect of the Mozart music on learning anxiety and reading comprehension on Chinese storybook reading

Abstract

Reading ability is the basic skill to enhance the competitiveness of the national economy. Through a large number of reading content, students can develop high-level thinking skills. Anxiety is an import factor to affect students’ learning when they are reading materials. Some studies found suitable music can reduce people stress feeling. In order to investigate the effectiveness of music on learning, this study used Mozart music in a reading process with Chinese storybook. The results show that Mozart music has an impact on the improvement of students' reading comprehension. However, we also found that the Mozart music couldn't reduced the students' learning anxiety in our study.