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Children's Vocabulary Acquisition in a Foreign Language through Watching Subtitled Television Programs at Home.
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Koolstra, Cees M.; Beentjes, Johannes W. J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1999
Investigates the effect of subtitled television programs on Dutch elementary school children's foreign-language acquisition. Findings indicate that of three experimental conditions--English television program with and without subtitles, and a Dutch television program (control)--vocabulary acquisition and English word recognition were highest in…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)