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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 20:2 (1997) ► pp.119–128

Media research in second language settings

| The University of Melbourne

Despite the popularity and widespread influence of broadcast video media, this paper argues that applied linguists has generally ignored such media as a site of research. Media research techniques, emphasising qualitative approaches within second language settings, are discussed from a pedagogical, cognitive, and sociological perspective. The paper concludes with a call for further research of media in second language settings.

Published online: 1 January 1997
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.20.2.07gru
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