Sjung svenska! - En studie kring huruvida sången kan vara ett redskap i sfi-undervisning
Svenska för invandrareSecondlanguage learningSingingSångMotivationPronunciationUttalSinging and language learningMusicologyMusikvetenskapPedagogy and didacticsPedagogikDidaktikArts and ArchitectureSocial Sciences
Title: Sing in Swedish! The purpose of this study is to find out how songs and singing could complement Swedish second language education. The method I have used to collect information is qualitative interviews with four persons with different professions: a teacher, a choirleader, a singing teacher and a medical doctor and a laryngologist. The study begins with a few thoughts about my interest in the subject, followed by a short overview of other studies and literature that has been published on the subject. The persons I have interviewed has experiences of either singing, use of voice or teaching of the Swedish language. The results of the interviews have been analysed and compared with the literature. My conclusions are that singing can be useful in language learning as long as it is voluntary, and that singing can affect pronunciation and motivation. But also that singing as a means of language learning can be an unusual way of learning language for persons with different cultural and social backgrounds.