Examination of Studies on Music and Voice Education Within the Context of Four Basic Language Skills: A Systematic Compilation Study

IntroductIonThe four basic language skills consist of listening/watching, speaking, reading and writing skills that individuals acquire over time due to heredity and environmental influences.These skills allow individuals to socialize as well as adapt to life more easily and strengthen their ability to cope with the difficulties they will encounter.Therefore, the development of language skills is a very important phenomenon.In this research, studies conducted in the context of music and voice education were examined and their effects on individuals' four basic language skills were systematically revealed.The four basic language skills and the phenomenon of music are quite related to each other.The Board of Education, Music Lesson 1-8, published in 2006.It is stated that the music education given to students in the 2nd Grade Curriculum develops the following skills: Using Turkish both correctly, comprehensibly and effectively, Thinking critically, Thinking creatively, Ability to communicate, Problem solving ability Conducting research, Know how to use information technologies, Entrepreneurial ability, Musical perception and information, Giving importance to personal and social values, Being able to acquire Music Literacy, Having aesthetic sensitivity.The art of narrating with sound and rhythm is called music (en, 2014).Music is an important language for basic communication between people and is known as a common language (metalanguage) in the world (elikkol, 2007).Music, along with language, is one of the systems that are revealed, AbstrActThe four basic language skills are of great importance for individuals to be able to express themselves.Especially the healthy development of communication skills of an individual whose hearing skills start to develop from the womb will allow them to express themselves more easily in their future lives.It is seen in the literature that there are studies on the development of these skills.Accordingly, the discipline of music, which is an important phenomenon in the language development of individuals, is an education offered to students from an early age.In this research, it is aimed to reveal the appearance of the studies conducted on the phenomenon of music and music and voice education on the four basic language skills of students specified in the 2019 Turkish Course CurriculumIn this regard, the research was continued by examining the studies conducted within the scope of listening/watching, speaking, reading and writing.The systematic compilation method was used in the research.As a result of the research, it was determined that the number of studies conducted in this field is limited, but the quality of the studies was 11 out of 12 based on the criteria developed by Polit and Beck (2009).As a suggestion to researchers, it is recommended that similar studies be included more in the literature and that the phenomenon of music be used with an interdisciplinary understanding in every field of education.