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Seminar

Fan practices for language learning in the digital wilds: A systematic review

We welcome you to the Nordic Research Network for Educational Linguistics (NordEdLing) and our autumn seminar series 2025.

Summary

This presentation reports on a scoping review of the peer reviewed and grey literature on fan practices for language learning in the digital wilds published since 2000 to explore the following: (1) What fan practices for language learning in the digital wilds have been researched? (2) What trends, if any, emerge regarding the relationship between fan practices and target languages? Findings from this review of more than 50 studies point to trends and relationships between target language (e.g. English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish) and fan practice (e.g. fan translation, fanfiction, commenting) that can serve as inspiration for future research and teaching.

Guest seminar with Shannon Sauro, Department of Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

26 November, 15.00-16.30 (CET)

For more information, please contact Sergej Ivanov: sergej.ivanov@lnu.se

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