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Self-directed English Language Learning Through Watching English Television Drama in China

Bibliographic Data

ID20501934
AuthorsDanping Wang (0000-0002-5077-5678, a Department of Curriculum and Instruction , The Hong Kong Institute of Education , Tai Po , Hong Kong, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume19
Issue3
Pages339-348
Publication date2012-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueChanging English (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1358-684X • E-ISSN: 1469-3585
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1358684x.2012.704584
OpenAlexW1987224684
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

This paper presents a case study of a group of Chinese ESL learners in China, who study English by immersing themselves regularly and rigorously in English television drama. A self-directed learning pedagogy has been developed and discussed, which seems to have signposted an effective and economic way for ESL learners to improve linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence beyond the language classroom

Art · China · College English · Drama · English language · Linguistics · Literature · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · History · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,55
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4

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