Singing to Support Foreign Language Learning:: Examples from Two Cultural and Developmental Contexts

Karen M. Ludke; Arla Good

Singing to Support Foreign Language Learning: Examples from Two Cultural and Developmental Contexts

Karen M. Ludke, Arla Good

Toronto Metropolitan University

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Abstract

This chapter summarizes some of the evidence that songs can support the learning and retrieval of linguistic information, and outlines two classroom-based studies that explore whether singing can support younger learners’ foreign language skills. Although the two studies were conducted in different contexts, they show that songs can support foreign language learning from early school age to adolescence, adding to our knowledge in this area. Current research suggests that foreign language learners can benefit from using songs to support their learning, and future studies should explore the mechanisms behind the observed advantages for singing on foreign language learning and memory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing, Volume II:
Subtitle of host publication	Education
Editors	Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir, Carol Beynon, Karen M. Ludke, Annabel J. Cohen
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	32
Pages	403-414
Volume	II
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315162607
ISBN (Print)	9781138061149
Publication status	Published - 14 Jun 2020

Publication series

Name	Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing
Publisher	Routledge
Volume	2

Keywords

singing
song
Foreign languages
music
Education

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The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume II: Education
LUDKE, K. (Editor), Gudmundsdottir, H. (Editor), Beynon, C. (Editor) & Cohen, A. J. (Editor), 14 Jun 2020, Routledge. 500 p. (Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing; vol. 2)
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Songs and singing in foreign language learning
LUDKE, K. (PI)
1/09/06 → 26/11/10
Project: Doctoral

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Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS) (External organisation)
LUDKE, K. (Member) & Cohen, A. J. (Director)
2013 → …
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Ludke, K. M., & Good, A. (2020). Singing to Support Foreign Language Learning: Examples from Two Cultural and Developmental Contexts. In H. Rut Gudmundsdottir, C. Beynon, K. M. Ludke, & A. J. Cohen (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing, Volume II: : Education (1 ed., Vol. II, pp. 403-414). (Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing; Vol. 2). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Interdisciplinary-Studies-in-Singing-Volume/Gudmundsdottir-Beynon-Ludke-Cohen/p/book/9781138061149#targetText=The%20Routledge%20Companion%20to%20Interdisciplinary%20Studies%20in%20Signing%2C%20Volume%20II,with%20therapeutic%20and%20didactic%20functions.

Ludke, Karen M. ; Good, Arla. / Singing to Support Foreign Language Learning: Examples from Two Cultural and Developmental Contexts. Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing, Volume II: : Education. editor / Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir ; Carol Beynon ; Karen M. Ludke ; Annabel J. Cohen. Vol. II 1. ed. Routledge, 2020. pp. 403-414 (Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Research in Singing).

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Singing to Support Foreign Language Learning: Examples from Two Cultural and Developmental Contexts. / Ludke, Karen M.; Good, Arla.
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Singing to Support Foreign Language Learning: Examples from Two Cultural and Developmental Contexts

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