L2 learning from captioned-video viewing in primary school students
- Autores: Daniela Isabel Avelló Garcia
- Directores de la Tesis: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat de Barcelona ( España ) en 2023
- Idioma: inglés
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Raquel Serrano Serrano (presid.), Alison Porter (secret.), Elisabet Pladevall Ballester (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Ciencia Cognitiva y Lenguaje por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; la Universidad de Barcelona y la Universidad Rovira i Virgili
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- Resumen
An increasing number of investigations have been conducted in the last decade to explore the effects of audiovisual input on L2 learning (Montero Perez, 2022; Muñoz, 2022). Nevertheless, primary school L2 learners are still an under-researched age group in comparison with university and secondary school students (Montero Perez & Rodgers, 2019). The literature suggests that L1 subtitles would be a more suitable option for primary school learners due to their lower L2 proficiency level and still developing L1 reading skills. However, the question on how suitable and beneficial captioned-video viewing may be for primary school learners from input-limited contexts still needs further evidence to be answered. The present study attempted to fill the gaps in the literature as regards the extent to which extensive captioned-video viewing (11 episodes) fostered vocabulary learning (written-word form recall, and written-word form and meaning recognition) and the development of receptive language skills in six groups of EFL primary school students from Chile (n=120; 9-11 years old; years 4 and 5). More specifically, we studied the influence of treatment, learner and input-related factors on the results. To start with, the experimental groups differed in terms of viewing distribution (number of episodes watched a week) and the activities completed at the end of each session (meaning-focused vs. construction-focused activities). As for learners¿ characteristics, this study assessed the influence of a group of cognitive and language-related factors (L1 and L2) on the results. Finally, we explored the extent to which a set of context and word characteristics predicted vocabulary learning. The findings that emerged from the statistical analyses were interpreted in light of the literature and also of the learners¿ perceptions of the viewing experience. Overall, the results revealed significant improvement in vocabulary learning and the development of receptive language skills in both year levels. Still, the treatment appeared to be especially beneficial for fifth graders due to their significantly higher proficiency level in both languages and, possibly, to their cognitive maturity. Notwithstanding this result, the analyses also showed that fourth graders¿ performance was enhanced by the implementation of shorter lags between episodes. Additionally, the data on learners¿ perceptions of the treatment provided rich evidence on how the participants from both year levels took advantage of the different modalities to compensate for their knowledge gaps. On the whole, the findings reported in this dissertation suggest that the use of captioned videos may be suitable and conducive learning in both year levels as long as some specific factors are considered.
