Learning French through music: the development of the Bande à Part app

This article describes the development of Bande à Part, a mobile music application (app) for second language (L2) learners of French. Our focus on the pedagogical use of music results from the reported benefits that it offers language learners (e.g., it encourages repetitive exposure to the L2 in an enjoyable way, it extends the reach of the language classroom). In addition, Bande à Part has the potential to contribute to this under-researched...