Explore the ideas, methods and earlier work behind research on songs for language learning. Each record identifies the type and publication status of the work.
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A controlled study of 60 adults reported an advantage of singing for recalling unfamiliar Hungarian phrases after brief training. The findings concern short-term phrase learning and do not establish long-term effects or validate a particular song-design system.
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0342-5
Read the original publication ↗Two brief-training experiments found pronunciation benefits in some comparisons but no word-recall advantage for song listening over rhythmic speech, or singing over song listening. Different learning outcomes should be assessed separately.
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12442
Read the original publication ↗This systematic review of 60 intervention studies highlighted limitations in research designs that prevented firm causal conclusions about children’s linguistic outcomes. It provides a useful starting point for designing stronger evaluations.
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2024.103350
Read the original publication ↗Conceptual and methodological proposals should be read with their stated version and evidence status.
Song Sequence Architecture and Research Agenda
A conceptual framework and research agenda for designing, documenting and studying learning songs and song sequences. The framework remains under theoretical development and has not undergone formal external peer review; its educational implications require empirical testing.
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21757450
Read the draft on Zenodo ↗Reports, conference papers, abstracts and a book from the research trajectory. These works appeared outside JSSDLL; original titles are retained for accurate citation.
―中国人日本語専攻大学生を対象にしたアンケート調査を通じて―
A two-page report on a questionnaire study involving Chinese university students majoring in Japanese. Read the original record for the study context and the reported findings.
DOI: 10.19022/jlem.30.2_120
Read the original research report ↗An early study of AI-generated music and introductory Japanese learning. The organising society’s programme links the original conference paper.
View the society’s programme and paper ↗A two-page conference abstract published in the 2025 TERA proceedings. The linked record contains the abstract; it is not a full research report.
DOI: 10.20319/ictel.2025.7778
Read the original abstract ↗An earlier cross-language review, published before the formal proposal of SSD. The Books section of the J-GLOBAL researcher record lists its title, publisher, year and ISBN.
ISBN: 978-4-911177-66-2
View the book listing on J-GLOBAL ↗The following records describe conference presentations. Cite any associated abstract or full paper separately using its original publication details.
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