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Chair of English Language Education

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  3. Humanities
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  5. English and American Studies
  6. Chair of English Language Education
  7. Research
  8. Pop culture in English education

Pop culture in English education

Learners today encounter various symbolic resources through digital media and pop culture. Yet, despite its omnipresence in learners’ daily lives, there is a research gap in the theoretical and conceptual development of pop culture in the context of ELT. In this research project, pop culture serves as a basis for discussing the importance of developing pop culture literacy in English education. This includes the theoretical and conceptual development of a pop culture discourse to shed light on the pedagogic potential of pop culture artefacts for English lessons.

Publications

  • Summer, T. (forthcoming). Pop Culture in English Language Education: From Theory to Practice. Erich Schmidt Verlag.
  • Werner, V., & Summer, T. (2024). Pop Cultural Media as a Resource for Fostering Responsible World Citizens. In C. Shei & J. Schnell (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Mind Engineering (pp. 224–241). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003289746-19
  • Summer, T. (Ed.). (2020). Englisch 5–10: Pop Culture (Vol. 49). Friedrich Verlag.