The aim of the study was to investigate how different teaching methods,
singing, listening to songs and reciting song lyrics, affect the
development of pronunciation of Finnish as a foreign language
pronunciation. The second objective of the study was to investigate
whether future classroom teachers and future Finnish as a second
language teachers evaluate the strength of foreign accent differently.
The results indicate that reciting song lyrics is the most beneficial
for the development of pronunciation. This teaching method is especially
useful for beginners’ level language learners. The future class
teachers gave stricter evaluations of foreign accent than the future
Finnish as a second language teachers. Based on the results of the
study, it could be argued that reciting song lyrics could be used for
teaching pronunciation. Further, the results support previous findings
that more experienced listeners give milder evaluations than more
unexperienced. Thus, it would be valuable for future teachers to gain
experience in listening diverse accents.