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Pop music in informal foreign language learning

A search for learner perspectives

Bibliographic Data

ID22299043
AuthorsKaren M Ludke (0000-0003-2410-9046, Edge Hill University), Kathryn A Morgan (Edge Hill University)
Year2022
Volume173
Issue2
Pages251-285
Publication date2022-08-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-0829 • E-ISSN: 1783-1490
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/itl.21009.lud
OpenAlexW4281686903
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited63

There is currently little information about the kinds of foreign language pop music, songs and activities used by language learners in informal learning contexts. This systematic analysis provides an overview of research from 2010–2020 in an attempt to describe how foreign language learners find, listen to, and engage with pop songs from another country or culture and how this can lead to increased informal language learning, using qualitative observations and interview responses found in published articles to conduct thematic analysis using grounded theory. Thematic analysis resulted in six themes within the peer-reviewed qualitative journal articles, and we argue that more research is needed into learner perspectives and about how learners engage autonomously with L2 pop music in informal language learning

Foreign language · Grounded theory · Informal learning · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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