Overview

This book explores how fan practices, such as fan art and fan fiction, and linguistic landscapes – the language surrounding us in everyday contexts – can be integrated into foreign language teaching through the innovative Fictional Linguistic Landscapes pedagogy. It offers practical models for educators to use multimodal fan activities to enhance second language learning, including designing semiotic landscapes, soundscapes, skinscapes and social mediascapes. Drawing on popular fictional universes like Dune, it illustrates how educators can utilize fan practices to foster deeper language learning, critical thinking and intercultural awareness. The result is an innovative pedagogical approach that blends entertainment, social media and popular culture with language learning in a way that promises to engage and inspire students. The book represents a step forward in EFL and TESOL pedagogy and demonstrates how theoretical advances can be used in ways that make language learning relevant to today’s students.

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9781800418721

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What happens when fan fiction meets linguistic landscapes? An innovative, creative, and thought-provoking book about the potential of fictional linguistic landscapes in the language classroom. With carefully crafted theoretical insights and rich empirical examples, this work shows that fan fiction and linguistic landscapes are destined to live happily ever after. * Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer, University of Hamburg, Germany * This is an innovative volume rich in creative teaching examples and material for language educators interested in bringing multimodal fan practices into their classes. By merging the boundaries of second language pedagogy and linguistic landscaping with popular fan practices found in the digital wilds, it addresses an often-raised concern by language teachers around the world: how to truly engage language students in reading, writing and thinking in the target language. * Shannon Sauro, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA *

What happens when fan fiction meets linguistic landscapes? An innovative, creative, and thought-provoking book about the potential of fictional linguistic landscapes in the language classroom. With carefully crafted theoretical insights and rich empirical examples, this work shows that fan fiction and linguistic landscapes are destined to live happily ever after. * Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer, University of Hamburg, Germany *

Author Information

Osman Solmaz is an Associate Professor of English Language Teaching at Dicle University, Türkiye, and holds a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona, USA. He is the recipient of the 2025 TESOL Teacher of the Year Award. His research explores language teacher education, linguistic landscapes, and the integration of digital technologies and fan practices into second language teaching and learning.

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