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The effects of textual enhancement on young learners’ attention and vocabulary acquisition through captioned cartoons - RFB & CM 2024 (author accepted manuscript).docx (235.29 KB)

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2024-09-26

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The effects of textual enhancement on young learners’ attention and vocabulary acquisition through captioned cartoons

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This study aimed to analyze the effects of textual enhancement of captions on vocabulary acquisition by 17 L1-Spanish/Catalan primary school learners of English in fifth grade. Participants watched 11 episodes of a children’s television series. They were divided into two groups: one watched the videos with regular captions, and one with enhanced captions, where target words were bolded and highlighted in yellow. Vocabulary gains were assessed through pre- and post-tests that tapped into form recall and form recognition. Results showed higher learning in the enhanced captions group, particularly in terms of form recognition. Additionally, an eye-tracking analysis showed that the enhanced-captions group had longer fixation durations initially, but the difference disappeared by the end of the intervention.

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Vocabulari, Ensenyament de llengües, Seguiment de la mirada, Educació primària

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Vocabulary, Language teaching, Eye tracking, Primary education

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Llibres / Capítols de llibre (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)

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FINGER BOU, Rebeca and MUÑOZ LAHOZ, Carme. The effects of textual enhancement on young learners’ attention and vocabulary acquisition through captioned cartoons. Capítol del llibre: Muñoz. C. Vol.  Miralpeix, num. (Eds, pags. Audiovisual input and second language learning. [consulted: 19 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/216463

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