Children's vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language through watching subtitled television programs at home

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作者：
Cees M. Koolstra
Jonannes W. J. Beentjes
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[1] Leiden University,
[2] the University of Nijmegen,undefined
来源：
Educational Technology Research and Development | 1999年 / 47卷
关键词：
Elementary School; School Child; Educational Technology; Foreign Language; English Word;
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Subtitled television programs seem to provide a rich context for foreign language acquisition. Moreover, viewers are generally quite motivated to understand what is shown and said on television. The present study investigated whether children in Grades 4 and 6 (N = 246) learn English words through watching a television program with an English soundtrack and Dutch subtitles. Children were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: (a) watching an English television program with Dutch subtitles, (b) watching the same English program without subtitles, and (c) watching a Dutch television program (control). The study was carried out using a 15-min documentary about grizzly bears. Vocabulary acquisition and recognition of English words were highest in the subtitled condition, indicating that Dutch elementary school children can incidentally acquire vocabulary in a foreign language through watching subtitled television programs.
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