Do you think that to sing is helpful for acquiring a good accent? It's simply that, singing is much different from speaking, so it could not help.
Singing to help language learning?
Listening to and imitating German folk songs is the way I began learning German. I have a stack of vinyl records about six inches deep. I found it very helpful, but it might not be to all...
Yeah I've been listening to Killerpilze, Pohlmann, and Sportfreunde Stiller to try and keep up my limited German.
If you are musical, it will help you. It helped me mainly with memory, vocabulary and verb tenses.
listening to popular music is an inconvenient way to learn some bad grammar:
If I was a rich girl (Gwen Stefani)
What if God was one of us (J. Osborne)
If I ain't got you (Alicia Keys)
I can't get no satisfaction (M. Jagger)
Ain't nobody (Rufus and Khan Chaka)
Me and you are supose to be together (Ashley Tisdale)
If I was a rich girl (Gwen Stefani)
What if God was one of us (J. Osborne)
If I ain't got you (Alicia Keys)
I can't get no satisfaction (M. Jagger)
Ain't nobody (Rufus and Khan Chaka)
Me and you are supose to be together (Ashley Tisdale)
I would agree if you were in the English forum, Kendra, but I hope language teachers would be able to choose music for learners of foreign languages without making that kind of error. Still, you have a point. Choose wisely.
For Japanese, there is
http://www.amazon.com/Sing-Japanese-Fun-Approach-Studying/dp/4770018665
For Japanese, there is
http://www.amazon.com/Sing-Japanese-Fun-Approach-Studying/dp/4770018665
Yeah I found listening to Brazilian music helped me a little with my pronounciton in Portuguese, but I always found listening to internet radio shows(news or talk shows) helpful too.
Be careful because in English songs, tonic accents are often misplaced (a least not placed where they should be in a normal speech), and therefore the vowels may also be different.
Just one example: the word "secret". Normally pronounced /'sikrit/. In some songs, the accent is on the second syllabe, therefore the second vowel in not /i/ nor schwa but /e/ like in "bed": /si'kret/. That notably enables the singer to sing a long note on that syllable. But in normal speech you wouldn't pronounce it this way.
Just one example: the word "secret". Normally pronounced /'sikrit/. In some songs, the accent is on the second syllabe, therefore the second vowel in not /i/ nor schwa but /e/ like in "bed": /si'kret/. That notably enables the singer to sing a long note on that syllable. But in normal speech you wouldn't pronounce it this way.