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This study aims to explore whether the use of songs and nursery rhymes in the teaching design of the Bunun language can enhance learners' interest in learning or the ability of the language. This study first collects songs and nursery rhymes, and then analyzes these songs and nursery rhymes, including the theme of the songs, the content of the lyrics, and the vocabulary and sentence patterns that appear repeatedly in the songs, and check whether the contents correspond to the curriculum and the current nine grade textbooks of indigenous language textbooks. The results show themes and the lyrics of songs and nursery rhymes can match the contents of the curriculum and the textbooks. In particular, the content of many songs is related to our lives, the teachings of the elders, animals, festivals, festivals, family members, counting, dialogue, etc., and therefore can match the content of the 12-year-curriculum and can provide cultural materials that are relatively lacking in the textbooks. The researchers then provided teaching plans integrating four songs into the teaching of the Bunun language, including a plan that can supplement the textbooks, one that can be used in the traditional festival, another one is related to life, and the last one is a plan that can both supplement the textbook and teach daily life communication. Two among the four teaching plans are implemented in the classroom, and it is found that the integration of songs into teaching can improve students’ interest in class. Classroom observations show that students are concentrated when singing, and their memory is also improved. Under the guidance of the researchers, learning vocabulary and sentence patterns from the lyrics, practicing dialogue through the sentence patterns in the lyrics, and getting feedback on listening, speaking, reading, and writing evaluations are all positive.
Keywords: the teaching design of the Bunun language, songs and nursery rhymes, Vocabulary and sentence patterns, Teaching plan.
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