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Using Iranian Traditional Music as an Input Mode in L2 Vocabulary Learning Volume 55 Seyed Reza Dashtestani Majid Nemati Nima Yousefi Traditional Music L2 Vocabulary Learning Iranian Learners Music Input Retention <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria', serif; color: black;">The present study investigates the role of Iranian traditional music as an input mode in learning and retention of difficult English vocabularies on Iranian upper intermediate language learners. Although the previous studies have reported the impact of music on the process of vocabulary learning, there is still limited evidence about the role of cultural familiarity with music in second language learning. In this study, 80 language learners were put in four groups. Two groups received the target vocabulary items by the utilization of western classical music, while the other two groups received the same vocabularies by using Iranian traditional music. After the pretest, posttest and delayed posttest, the results of Repeated Measures ANOVA indicated that the time had significant impact on the participants&rsquo; lexical performance. In addition, the descriptive statistics showed that the learners, who were exposed to the Iranian traditional music, had better performance in both the instant and delayed posttest compared to the western classical music groups. However, there was no significant interaction between the music type and time. The findings illustrate that the utilization of familiar music in terms of culture can facilitate the process of learning and retention of vocabularies in second language acquisition contexts.</span></p> Language Teaching Research Quarterly 2026-07-05 Text https://api.eurokd.com/Uploads/Article/2183/ltrq.2026.55.02.pdf https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2026.55.02 en Pages 30–52