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Review article published In: Pop culture in applied linguistics: International perspectives: Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 173:2 (2022)
Edited by Valentin Werner
[ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 173:2] 2022
► pp. 161–171

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Introduction

Pop culture in applied linguistics

International perspectives

ORCiD logo with link | University of Bamberg
Published online: 15 August 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.22012.wer
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Defining pop culture
  • 3.Previous research on pop culture in language-educational contexts
  • 4.Summary of the contributions
  • 5.Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
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