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Incidental vocabulary learning through viewing television

ORCiD logo with link | Carleton University
 | University of Western Ontario
Published online: 25 June 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.18034.rod
Abstract
Previous research investigating L2 incidental vocabulary learning from video has primarily focused on short videos from genres that may be conducive to vocabulary learning. The research provides evidence that L2 incidental vocabulary learning can occur through video. However, it is uncertain whether viewing episodes of full-length television programs can contribute to incidental learning. This study investigated the effects of viewing 7+ hours of television on incidental vocabulary learning as well as the effects of the frequency and range. One-hundred and eighty-seven Japanese university students viewed ten 42-minute episodes of an American drama. Two vocabulary tests at differing sensitivities were used in a pre- and post-test design measuring receptive knowledge of the form-meaning connection of 60 word-families. The results indicated that (a) viewing television contributed to significant gains in vocabulary knowledge and (b) there was a positive relationship between frequency of occurrence and vocabulary learning. Pedagogical implications are discussed in detail.
Article outline
  • Background
  • Research investigating incidental vocabulary learning
    • Frequency and range of occurrence and incidental vocabulary learning
    • Rationale for investigating incidental vocabulary learning through television
    • Aims of the research
  • Research questions
  • Methods
    • Participants
    • Procedure
    • Materials
    • Target vocabulary
    • Dependent measures
    • Tough test
    • Sensitive test
    • Scoring
  • Results
    • Research Question 1
    • Research Questions 2 & 3
  • Discussion
    • Frequency and range of vocabulary occurrence and incidental vocabulary acquisition
  • Pedagogical implications
  • Conclusion
  • References
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Ahrabi Fakhr, Masoud, Davood Borzabadi Farahani & Ali Akbar Khomeijani Farahani
2021. Incidental Vocabulary Learning and Retention from Audiovisual Input and Factors Affecting Them. English Teaching & Learning 45:2 ► pp. 167 ff. DOI logo
Caruana, Sandro
2021. An Overview of Audiovisual Input as a Means for Foreign Language Acquisition in Different Contexts. Language and Speech 64:4 ► pp. 1018 ff. DOI logo
De la Maya Retamar, Guadalupe & Magdalena López-Pérez
2021. Hábitos lectores y competencia léxica de futuros profesores de inglés em Educación Primaria. Educ. Form. 6:1 ► pp. e3504 ff. DOI logo
Dizon, Gilbert
2021. Subscription video streaming for informal foreign language learning: Japanese EFL students’ practices and perceptions. TESOL Journal 12:2 DOI logo
Duong, Phuong Thao, Maribel Montero Perez, Piet Desmet & Elke Peters
2021. Learning vocabulary in spoken input- and output-based tasks. TASK. Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning 1:1 ► pp. 100 ff. DOI logo
Macis, Marijana, Suhad Sonbul & Rezan Alharbi
2021. The effect of spacing on incidental and deliberate learning of L2 collocations. System 103 ► pp. 102649 ff. DOI logo
Suárez, Maria del Mar, Roger Gilabert & Natalia Moskvina
2021. The mediating role of vocabulary size, working memory, attention and inhibition in early vocabulary learning under different TV genres: An exploratory study. TESOL Journal 12:4 DOI logo
Feng, Yanxue & Stuart Webb
2020. LEARNING VOCABULARY THROUGH READING, LISTENING, AND VIEWING. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 42:3 ► pp. 499 ff. DOI logo
He, Xiaoling, Haojiang Ying & Sureenate Jaratjarungkiat
2020. Multimedia learning materials for second language learners. Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報). The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA 55:3 ► pp. 175 ff. DOI logo
Puimège, Eva & Elke Peters
2020. LEARNING FORMULAIC SEQUENCES THROUGH VIEWING L2 TELEVISION AND FACTORS THAT AFFECT LEARNING. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 42:3 ► pp. 525 ff. DOI logo
Rodgers, Michael P. H.
2020. The images in television programs and the potential for learning unknown words. In Approaches to Learning, Testing and Researching L2 Vocabulary [Benjamins Current Topics, 109], ► pp. 191 ff. DOI logo
WEBB, STUART, AKIFUMI YANAGISAWA & TAKUMI UCHIHARA
2020. How Effective Are Intentional Vocabulary‐Learning Activities? A Meta‐Analysis. The Modern Language Journal 104:4 ► pp. 715 ff. DOI logo
Peters, Elke
2019. The Effect of Imagery and On‐Screen Text on Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning From Audiovisual Input. TESOL Quarterly 53:4 ► pp. 1008 ff. DOI logo
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2022. Research Methods in Vocabulary Studies [Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2], DOI logo

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