This paper is a study of a class of newly immigrated students, age 13–15, that currently is learning sufficient Swedish to be able to attend the regular education in secondary school, and how they perceive different methods of learning language through music – specifically singing. By teaching four different songs in four different ways, I have tried to establish if it is possible to distinguish a superiour method for teaching a second language by singing. The survey can see no such method, although some ways of teaching was more popular with the students. They also stated that – even if they disliked the method for learning – they considered it easier to sing than to use spoken word to pronounce correctly, and that most of them learned one or several new words with each song. They remembered the lyrics from one occasion to another. Research and experience shows that music can be a powerful tool if used correctly when learning foreign languages, and my conclusion is that it would benefit the immigrated students if it could manifest itself more in the Swedish educational system.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:du-39763 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Blanck, Ingrid |
| Publisher | Högskolan Dalarna, Institutionen för lärarutbildning |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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