[Edling] New Book - Fanfiction and Fan Practices for Language Teaching and Learning

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Title: Fanfiction and Fan Practices for Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Shannon Sauro
Date of Publication: 2026
ISBN: 9781032695051
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032695051
URL:
https://www.routledge.com/Fanfiction-and-Fan-Practices-for-Language-Teaching-and-Learning/Sauro/p/book/9781032695044
Price: $60.99 (pbk) / $51.84 (ebook)

Summary:
*Fanfiction and Fan Practices for Language Teaching and Learning* explores
fanfiction as a tool for language learning, harnessing fans’ enthusiasm and
creativity while engaging in practices such as fanfiction writing, fan
translation, and fanart in another language.

This book bridges theory and practice by highlighting three case studies
demonstrating the varied ways in which fans, including the author herself,
learn English and other languages as a second or foreign language. First,
Sauro presents the case of a Sherlock Holmes fan engaging in “spoiling,”
the practice of gathering and sharing information within fan networks.
Second, the book offers a scoping review of existing research to trace
which fan practices have been investigated for learning which languages.
Finally, the author evaluates the Fanfiction Project, involving the use of
fanfiction to support language and literary learning as part of a
university‑level English course. This wide array of empirical evidence
comes together in a clear teaching guide that offers replicable methods and
teaching materials for educators interested in using fanfiction to develop
language and literacy skills in the classroom.

This groundbreaking book is essential reading for students and researchers
in fan studies, media studies, applied linguistics, TEFL, and language
learning.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Looking to Fans and Fan Practices for Language Teaching and
Learning

2 Where the Wild Things Play: Fans, Fan Practices, and the Fields That
Study Them

3 Fan Practices for Which Languages? A Scoping Review of the Research

4 The Case of the Sherlock Fan: Spoiling for Language Learning and Critical
Digital Literacy Development

5 A Study in Fanfiction

6 “Whatever Remains, However Improbable, Must Be the Truth”: Researching
Fan Practices and Language Learning

7 Lessons from the Fandom for the Language Classroom
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