Ferran Gesa
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ferran Gesa is involved.
Articles
2025 Extensive viewing in young English as a foreign language learners: Do aptitude and vocabulary size influence vocabulary learning? Language Teaching for Young Learners 7:2, pp. 270–302 | Article
Audiovisual input has been shown to promote vocabulary acquisition in foreign language learners. However, there is limited research on the effects of extensive viewing in a classroom context with young beginner learners of English. This study investigates foreign language vocabulary learning… read more
2024 Extensive viewing and L2 vocabulary learning: Two studies in EFL classes with children and adolescents ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 175:2, pp. 187–220 | Article
This article presents two classroom-based studies lasting one academic year: Study 1 with beginner learners of English as a foreign language and Study 2 with intermediate learners. In each study, learners in the comparison and experimental groups were introduced to new vocabulary through regular… read more
2024 Vocabulary learning from audiovisual input at first exposure in young adult novice learners Audiovisual Input and Second Language Learning, Muñoz, Carmen and Imma Miralpeix (eds.), pp. 199–220 | Chapter
In this ‘First Exposure’ (FE) study, 106 Catalan/Spanish young adults proficient in English watched a short advert with the audio in English and subtitles in Polish, a language they were not familiar with. Results indicated that vocabulary learning took place, as their meaning recognition scores… read more