Laulun sanoja lausumalla taitavaksi ääntäjäksi?

Authors

• Leena Maria Heikkola Universitetet i Oslo & Åbo Akademi
• Jenni Alisaari Turun yliopisto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30660/afinla.73122

Keywords:

pronunciation, teaching method, second language acquisition

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate how different teaching methods, singing, listening to songs and reciting song lyrics, affect the development of pronunciation of Finnish as a foreign language pronunciation. The second objective of the study was to investigate whether future classroom teachers and future Finnish as a second language teachers evaluate the strength of foreign accent differently. The results indicate that reciting song lyrics is the most beneficial for the development of pronunciation. This teaching method is especially useful for beginners’ level language learners. The future class teachers gave stricter evaluations of foreign accent than the future Finnish as a second language teachers. Based on the results of the study, it could be argued that reciting song lyrics could be used for teaching pronunciation. Further, the results support previous findings that more experienced listeners give milder evaluations than more unexperienced. Thus, it would be valuable for future teachers to gain experience in listening diverse accents.