Multimedia Glosses and Their Effect on L2 Text Comprehension and Vocabulary Learning

dc.creator	Iñigo Yanguas
dc.date	2009-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:05:04Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:05:04Z
dc.identifier	1094-3501
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ffc60d9453e74290a533072eca03159e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9515
dc.description	The present study investigates the effects that different types of multimedia glosses, namely textual, pictorial, and textual + pictorial, have on text comprehension and vocabulary learning when the goal is exclusively comprehension of a computerized text. This study is based on the theoretical framework of attention, which maintains that attention is critical in the acquisition process of an L2 (Robinson, 1995; Schmidt, 1995, 2001; Tomlin and Villa, 1994). Ninety-four participants read a text under one of four gloss conditions while asked to think aloud. This study investigated whether any of the conditions promoted noticing and whether this noticing led to better comprehension of the text and learning of the target vocabulary words. Reading comprehension, recognition, and production measures were utilized in a pre-post test design. Results of quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data gathered showed first that all multimedia gloss groups noticed and recognized significantly more of the target words than the control group. Second, no significant differences were found among any of the groups in production of the target vocabulary items. Finally, regarding comprehension, results showed that the combination gloss group significantly outperformed all other groups. These results confirm that the multimedia glosses under investigation have a different effect on comprehension and vocabulary learning respectively.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii
dc.relation	http://llt.msu.edu/vol13num2/yanguas.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1094-3501
dc.source	Language Learning and Technology, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 48-67 (2009)
dc.subject	Reading
dc.subject	Vocabulary
dc.subject	Vocabulary
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.title	Multimedia Glosses and Their Effect on L2 Text Comprehension and Vocabulary Learning
dc.type	article