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Does the attractiveness of K‐culture shape the enjoyment of foreign language learners of Korean?

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 486-502, February 2025.
Abstract Attraction to the target culture can be a reason to study the language, especially in the case of languages other than English (LOTEs). Recently, the number of Korean language learners has surged alongside the growing popularity of Korean pop culture (K‐pop).
Yeji Han, Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Jieun Kiaer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Romance, Eroticism, and Intimacy in a Work of Nancy Drew Fanfiction: Cross-Reading Personal Pedagogies and Literacies

Journal of Popular Romance Studies
This inquiry is a feminist conversation cross-reading of an erotic Nancy Drew fanfiction story by two critical friends and scholars. Because we have complementary research interests (e.g., children’s literature and fanfiction; sexuality education and ...
Amber Moore, Kaye Hare
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Variants for the Continuation of the Novel Crime and Punishment in Russian-Language Fanfiction [PDF]

Достоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал
The study examines Russian-language fanfiction that explores potential continuations of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. Within the thematic corpus of fanfiction, the analysis distinguishes between local perspectives — secondary texts that
Svetlana V. Kapustina
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‘I felt her poems were more like my life’: cultivating BPoC teenagers' writer‐identity through a poet residency

Literacy, Volume 59, Issue 1, Page 21-33, January 2025.
Abstract This article examines the impact of a poet‐led classroom‐based poetry programme on secondary school students' writer identities and self‐expression, particularly focusing on BPoC teenagers. Drawing on the Writing Realities framework, the research uses focus groups, participant observations, and interviews with the poet‐in‐residence.
Melanie Ramdarshan Bold
wiley   +1 more source

Writing worlds: Exploring mentorship approaches supporting adolescents' authentic writing across a Canadian youth centre's programmes

Literacy, Volume 59, Issue 1, Page 55-69, January 2025.
Abstract In its diverse forms, authentic writing carries the potential to connect literacy practice to an author's ‘real world’. While contemporary approaches to authentic writing instruction—advocating writer‐centred, intertextual and culturally relevant productions—are most often explored in formal learning contexts like classrooms, this paper seeks ...
Emily Mannard
wiley   +1 more source

Extramural English in Scandinavia and Asia: Scale Development, Learner Engagement, and Perceived Speaking Ability

TESOL Quarterly, Volume 58, Issue 4, Page 1638-1665, December 2024.
Abstract This article comprises two international studies. Study 1 aimed to develop a scale to measure the frequency of learners' voluntary, informal, out‐of‐school engagement with English, so‐called Extramural English (EE) activities. It involved three stages – pilot study, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis – followed by ...
Pia Sundqvist, M. Sercan Uztosun
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐creative gift systems within digital platforms

Psychology &Marketing, Volume 41, Issue 10, Page 2329-2341, October 2024.
Abstract This study explores co‐creative gift systems within digital platforms. We define co‐creative gift systems as systems where consumers actively engage in content creation and co‐creation, disseminating original artistic digital gifts (i.e., content such as novels, videos, music) on digital platforms and engaging in collaborative exchanges that ...
Isabella Ciampa, Kristine de Valck
wiley   +1 more source

Undoing discourses of deficit with EAL learners: The centrality of social relations in teachers' curriculum work

The Curriculum Journal, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 73-90, March 2024.
Abstract Teachers of English as an Additional Language learners in high schools have long navigated the seemingly intransigent deficit thinking about their learners' capacity to engage fully with the intended or required curriculum. These learners are frequently constructed as the problem, as if the curriculum exists in a vacuum. This gives rise to the
Jennifer Alford
wiley   +1 more source

Unwinding NFTs in the shadow of IP law

American Business Law Journal, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 31-55, Spring 2024.
Abstract Amid the surge of intellectual property (IP) disputes surrounding non‐fungible tokens (NFTs), some scholars have advocated for the application of personal property or sales law to regulate NFT minting and transactions, contending that IP laws unduly hinder the development of the NFT market. This Article counters these proposals and argues that
Runhua Wang, Jyh‐An Lee, Jingwen Liu
wiley   +1 more source

"Playthings in the Margins of Literature": Cultural Critique and Rewriting Ideologies in Supernatural and Star Wars Fanfiction

, 2010
Building on the questions of gender and sexuality proposed by the ethnographic analyses of first wave fanfiction criticism, I identify the ways in which fanfiction may function as a feminist response to the mainstream patriarchal culture of two media ...
Handley, Christine
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