This paper aimed to identify the implications of
language arts towards the second language acquisition,
SLA of Year 5 pupils in ESL classroom in Malaysia.
Aside from that, it is also to see how language arts can
indirectly help develop the pupils’ emotional intelligence.
A quantitative research design has been applied to help
achieve these objectives. A questionnaire was used to
collect the data from the respondents after the
implementation of language arts in the several different
lessons. The arts forms used were story, song, poem and
chant. The lessons involved a Year 5 class with a number
of 40 mixed proficiencies pupils. The school is located in
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The results are presented in
several tables in this paper to help answer the research
questions. The use of frequencies and percentages are
employed for easier understanding of the findings. The
results from the descriptive statistics reflected that
implementing language arts in the lesson can help with
the second language acquisition of the learners. It also
helps to develop their emotional intelligence in a positive
manner.
Keywords :
Language Arts, ESL Classroom, Second Language Acquisition, Emotional Intelligence, & Quantitative Research