Speech Thru Song

Investigating the Use of Music in Language Instruction

Hi, my name is Lisa! I'm a language and music nerd currently researching how music can be used to enhance language learning.

Lisa Anderson

Aug 22, 2019
3 min

Singing can help you learn a foreign language!

Of all of the studies that I have read up to this point, this one may excite me the most. That is because for the first time, researchers have been able to g...

Lisa Anderson

Aug 9, 2019
3 min

Group singing fosters cooperation among children

Hello everyone, this week I’m going to discuss the findings from a study by two Ryerson University researchers (Good, A., Russo, F. A., 2016) who investigate...

Lisa Anderson

Aug 2, 2019
2 min

School music lessons can help reduce aggressive reactions in children

Hi everyone, this week I’m going to share the results of a super interesting study from some researchers in Germany and Australia (Rodin, Zepf, Kreutz, Grube...

Lisa Anderson

Jul 16, 2019
3 min

Music not only aids language learning but also creates a greater sense of community in classrooms

Hi everyone! I just got back from a nice little holiday and am as excited as ever to learn how researchers and educators are using music to enhance language ...

Lisa Anderson

Jul 6, 2019
3 min

Singing infused language classes for refugee children

Hi everyone! This week, I’m going to share what I believe to be a very pertinent study on how a musical approach to language instruction can be particularly ...

Lisa Anderson

Jun 26, 2019
3 min

How to integrate music into your classroom…even if you aren’t musically inclined!

All of the teachers I have interviewed agree that using music in the classroom is beneficial (and science also agrees). That said, not all teachers are comfo...

Lisa Anderson

Jun 13, 2019
4 min

A glimpse into the classroom

Hello everyone, for this week’s blog entry I’m going to do something a little different. Since I’ve been gathering a lot of data about how teachers use music...

Lisa Anderson

Jun 5, 2019
3 min

Music, it does the brain (and the language learner) good

Last week, I discovered that listening to music has been shown to stimulate the area of the brain responsible for evaluating our desire to communicate (AKA t...

Lisa Anderson

May 27, 2019
4 min

Down the research rabbit hole...

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. 'I don't much care wher...

Lisa Anderson

May 16, 2019
3 min

Implementing music in the language classroom

Hi everyone, I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week! As usual, I’ve been busy observing classes and reading research papers, but I've also been brainstorming...

Lisa Anderson

May 13, 2019
2 min

Music, language, and the brain!

Hi everyone, I hope you’ve had a great week! I myself have been busy observing language classrooms and reading through some research on the music-language co...

Lisa Anderson

May 3, 2019
3 min

All about my project!

Hello everyone! Thanks for visiting my blog. I guess to start things off, I should explain a little about who I am and what I will be researching. Well, my n...

Speech Thru Song

Singing can help you learn a foreign language!

Group singing fosters cooperation among children

School music lessons can help reduce aggressive reactions in children

Music not only aids language learning but also creates a greater sense of community in classrooms

Singing infused language classes for refugee children

How to integrate music into your classroom…even if you aren’t musically inclined!

A glimpse into the classroom

Music, it does the brain (and the language learner) good

Down the research rabbit hole...

Implementing music in the language classroom

Music, language, and the brain!

All about my project!

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