Sequential Use of L1 and L2 Captions: Exploring the Benefits for Vocabulary Acquisition

Studies have examined and compared the benefits of captions in the learners' first language (L1) and of captions in the language that is used in the video's audio-track (L2) (e.g., Peters, Heynen, & Puimège, 2016; Pujadas & Muñoz, 2019). L1 and L2 captions complement one another, a...

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Published in:TESOL quarterly 2024-03, Vol.58 (1), p.511-521
Main Authors: Wi, Injung, Boers, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
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Second language learning
Second language vocabulary learning
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Summary:Studies have examined and compared the benefits of captions in the learners' first language (L1) and of captions in the language that is used in the video's audio-track (L2) (e.g., Peters, Heynen, & Puimège, 2016; Pujadas & Muñoz, 2019). L1 and L2 captions complement one another, and the benefits of providing both simultaneously have recently been investigated as well (Wang & Pellicer-Sánchez, 2022). A concern with this simultaneous provision is that learners find it hard to allocate their attention to both sources of input. A scenario that, to our knowledge, has not been given consideration in the research literature is the sequential use of L1 and L2 captions, where learners first watch a video assisted by L1 captions and then watch it again with L2 captions. This brief report explores this scenario.
ISSN:0039-8322
1545-7249
DOI:10.1002/tesq.3243