The development of L1 and L2 reading skills from captioned video viewing in primary school EFL learners
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Daniela Avello
Abstract
This investigation explored the extent to which captioned video viewing (11 episodes) fostered the development of L2 reading skills in a group of 92 L1-Spanish primary school learners of English (years 4 and 5). It also assessed the influence of L1- and L2-related factors on students’ reading performance over time. The analyses revealed learners’ significant improvement in L2 reading skills as a result of the treatment and that L2-related factors were stronger predictors than L1-related factors. One interesting finding was that the treatment also enhanced the development of L1 reading skills, particularly in the case of fifth graders. This outcome lent support to the idea that in early L2 learning stages, students rely on their L1 linguistic infrastructure to deal with L2 print.
Abstract
This investigation explored the extent to which captioned video viewing (11 episodes) fostered the development of L2 reading skills in a group of 92 L1-Spanish primary school learners of English (years 4 and 5). It also assessed the influence of L1- and L2-related factors on students’ reading performance over time. The analyses revealed learners’ significant improvement in L2 reading skills as a result of the treatment and that L2-related factors were stronger predictors than L1-related factors. One interesting finding was that the treatment also enhanced the development of L1 reading skills, particularly in the case of fifth graders. This outcome lent support to the idea that in early L2 learning stages, students rely on their L1 linguistic infrastructure to deal with L2 print.
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Language learning from watching cartoons in the primary EFL classroom 1
- The development of L1 and L2 reading skills from captioned video viewing in primary school EFL learners 25
- The effects of textual enhancement on young learners’ attention and vocabulary acquisition through captioned cartoons 48
- Attention allocation in (L1) subtitled and (L2) captioned video viewing 74
- Maximizing L2 learning from captioned TV viewing 100
- Multimodal input and L2 pragmatics 126
- Contrastive input enhancement in captioned video for L2 pronunciation learning 150
- The role of language aptitude in learning L2 constructions from captioned and uncaptioned audiovisual input 176
- Vocabulary learning from audiovisual input at first exposure in young adult 199
- More pieces in the puzzle about language learning through audiovisual input 221
- Index 241
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Language learning from watching cartoons in the primary EFL classroom 1
- The development of L1 and L2 reading skills from captioned video viewing in primary school EFL learners 25
- The effects of textual enhancement on young learners’ attention and vocabulary acquisition through captioned cartoons 48
- Attention allocation in (L1) subtitled and (L2) captioned video viewing 74
- Maximizing L2 learning from captioned TV viewing 100
- Multimodal input and L2 pragmatics 126
- Contrastive input enhancement in captioned video for L2 pronunciation learning 150
- The role of language aptitude in learning L2 constructions from captioned and uncaptioned audiovisual input 176
- Vocabulary learning from audiovisual input at first exposure in young adult 199
- More pieces in the puzzle about language learning through audiovisual input 221
- Index 241
