Study and methods
Exploratory observation of TikTok and YouTube and analysis of 570 English- and Spanish-language comments.
Key findings
- Comments address creators, the community and questions about Korean, supporting resource sharing and language reflection.
- The analysed comments contain no interaction in Korean: engagement around a language does not necessarily provide practice in that language.
Findings concern the sampled comments and videos, rather than measured changes in proficiency.
How this work can be used
Use the study to examine comment-based learning or to design activities that connect language reflection with opportunities for target-language interaction.
Cite this article
Vazquez-Calvo, B., Duarte-Marti, S., & Zhang, L.-T. (2024). Commenting on learning Korean on TikTok and YouTube. Interactive Learning Environments, 32(10), 6063–6080. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2023.2249045
First published online 2023-09-06; the citation uses the final issue year, 2024.
Publication details and access links checked 2026-10-07. Source record.