Keywords: Niños, Adquisición de Segunda Lengua, Medios de Comunicación Children, Second Language Acquisition, Media Nens, Adquisició de Segon Llengua, Mitjans de Comunicació
Title in different languages: Los Efectos de los Videos Auténticos Subtitulados en la Adquisición de Lengua Extranjera en Niños The Effects of Captioned Authentic Video on Children’s Foreign Language Acquisition Els Efectes dels Vídeos Autèntics Subtitulats en L'Adquisició de Llengua Estrangera en Nens
Subject areas: Ciencias de la salud Education sciences Ciències de l'educació
Confidenciality: No
Academic year: 2020-2021
Student: McCallum, Sarah
Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Work's public defense date: 2021-06-21
TFM credits: 11
Project director: Manegre, Marni
Abstract: This study investigates the benefits of authentic audiovisual input for language acquisition beginning with a comparison of case studies of two similar Basque girls who have different levels of English proficiency and English television exposure. Building from those studies and the literature in the field, the experimental study then investigates the hypotheses that the variables of watching authentic video, viewing with captions, and the subjects’ background English media exposure will positively influence their language acquisition. The findings showed that while watching authentic English video enhanced acquisition, captioning and informal English media exposure did not contribute to overall improvement. This study investigates the benefits of authentic audiovisual input for language acquisition beginning with a comparison of case studies of two similar Basque girls who have different levels of English proficiency and English television exposure. Building from those studies and the literature in the field, the experimental study then investigates the hypotheses that the variables of watching authentic video, viewing with captions, and the subjects’ background English media exposure will positively influence their language acquisition. The findings showed that while watching authentic English video enhanced acquisition, captioning and informal English media exposure did not contribute to overall improvement.
Subject: Ciències de l'educació
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
Language: Anglès
Education area(s): Ensenyament i Adquisició de l'Anglès com a Llengua Estrangera / Segona Llengua
Title in original language: The Effects of Captioned Authentic Video on Children’s Foreign Language Acquisition
Creation date in repository: 2021-07-06
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