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One Size Fits All? In Search of the Desirable Caption Display for Second Language Learners with Different Caption Reliance in Listening Comprehension
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Lee, Ping-Jung; Liu, Yeu-Ting; Tseng, Wen-Ta – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Existing research has established captions as effective second-language (L2) or foreign language (FL) listening comprehension aids. However, due to the transient nature of captions, not all learners are capable of attending to captions in all cases. Previous work posited that to leverage the impact of technologies in learning and instruction, a…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension
Does the Presence of Formulaic Language Help or Hinder Second Language Listeners' Lower-Level Processing?
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Yeldham, Michael – Language Teaching Research, 2020
This study examined the influence of formulaic language on second language (L2) listeners' lower-level processing, in terms of their ability to accurately identify the words in texts. On the one hand, there were reasons for expecting the presence of the formulas to advantage the learners, because the learners would process these formulaic words…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction