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Mark Feng Teng – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Working memory (WM) may be an essential component of incidental vocabulary learning and retention from captioned videos. However, how WM affects young learners' incidental vocabulary learning under different types of captions remains unclear. The present study employs a between-subject research design. The main purpose is to examine how two types…
Descriptors: Captions, Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
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Huang, Tzu-Hua; Wang, Lun-Zhu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
TPR (Total Physical Response) is a methodology for teaching foreign languages. In traditional TPR, teachers need to spend a considerable amount of time confirming the accuracy of students' movements, which results in a low-efficiency teaching process and affects the fairness of student learning. A motion sensing system can assess the accuracy of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Motion
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Yang, Juan; Thomas, Michael S. C.; Qi, Xiaofei; Liu, Xuan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
From a psycholinguistic perspective of view, there are many cognitive differences that matter to individuals' second-language acquisition (SLA). Although many computer-assisted tools have been developed to capture and narrow the differences among learners, the use of these strategies may be highly risky because changing the environments or the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability, Phonological Awareness, English Teachers
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Varol, Burcu; Erçetin, Gülcan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
This study explores the role of glosses and working memory capacity (WM) in second language (L2) learners' recall and comprehension in electronic reading. Glosses were investigated in terms of the type of information they provided (lexical versus topic-level) and their location on the screen (pop-up window versus separate window). One…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology)
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McBride, Kara – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
This study investigated the effects of training learners of English as a foreign language with different rates of speech and controls over speech rate. Subjects were put into one of four treatment groups: (A) trained on listening comprehension materials recorded at a fast speed, (B) trained on slow recordings, (C) given some choice about the…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills, English (Second Language), Speech Communication
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de Groot, Annette M. B. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1995
Reviews studies on the representation of words and their meanings in bilingual memory. The roles of the following variables in bilingual memory organization are discussed: the level of proficiency in the second language (L2), the strategy of learning the L2, the interval between previous and current use of L2, and the L2 learning environment. (43…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dutch, Foreign Countries, French