Pop Culture in Language Education : Theory, Research, Practice.

Pop Culture in Language Education : Theory, Research, Practice.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Werner, Valentin
Other Authors: Tegge, Friederike
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Series:Routledge Research in Language Education.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
Popular culture.
Second language acquisition.
popular culture.
Language and languages > Study and teaching > Social aspects
Popular culture
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of contents
  • Illustrations
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Learning languages through pop culture/learning about pop culture through language education
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 What is "pop"? What is "pop culture"?
  • 1.2 Overview
  • 2. Rationales for using pop culture
  • 2.1 Psychology of learning and motivation
  • 2.2 Sociology
  • 2.3 Language pedagogy and second language acquisition research
  • 2.3.1 Authenticity and learner-centered teaching
  • 2.3.2 Going beyond standard varieties
  • 2.3.3 Assessing engagement with and learning through pop culture
  • Pop outside the classroom
  • Vocabulary learning through engagement with pop culture
  • The development of communicative competence
  • 3. Pop culture literacy: Studying pop culture in its own right
  • 4. Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part I The language of pop culture and language skills areas
  • 2 Teen talk in TV series as a model of linguistic innovation and emotional language
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Media discourse as a mirror of innovative and emotional language use
  • 3. The language of teenagers
  • 3.1 Gonna and wanna
  • 3.2 Fuck, shit, and dude
  • 3.3 Totally
  • 4. Research agenda, data, and methodology
  • 4.1 Research questions
  • 4.2 Data and methodology
  • 5. Results and discussion
  • 5.1 Gonna and wanna
  • 5.2 Fuck, shit, and dude
  • 5.3 Totally
  • 6. Implications and conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3 Swear/taboo words in US TV series: Combining corpus linguistics with selected insights from screenwriters and learners
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Data and approach
  • 2.1 Corpora and corpus techniques
  • 2.2 Other data
  • 3. Swear/taboo words in US TV series
  • 3.1 Comparison with other datasets
  • 3.2 Internal comparison
  • 3.3 Different uses
  • 4. Implications for the EFL classroom
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 Exploring the vocabulary of rap lyrics
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 The lexical challenge
  • 1.2 Research questions and outline
  • 2. Data and method
  • 3. Results and discussion
  • 3.1 A list of rap-specific vocabulary
  • 3.2 The vocabulary demand of rap lyrics
  • 3.3 The hidden challenge
  • 4. Pedagogical implications
  • 5. Limitations and future research
  • Notes
  • References
  • 5 Teaching grammar through pop culture
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Data and method
  • 2.1 Features of conversational grammar
  • 2.2 Corpus
  • 3. Results: Grammar in pop lyrics
  • 3.1 Core conversational grammar
  • 3.1.1 Basic conjunctions
  • 3.1.2 Deictic expressions
  • 3.1.3 Modals and semi-modals
  • 3.1.4 Questions
  • 3.1.5 Head- and tail-slot fillers
  • 3.1.6 Quotatives
  • 3.2 Variation and informality
  • 3.3 Chunks
  • 4. Discussion
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References

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