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ERIC Number: EJ774027
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2395
The Influence of English Language and Spanish Language Captions on Foreign Language Listening/Reading Comprehension
Markham, Paul; Peter, Lizette
Journal of Educational Technology Systems, v31 n3 p331-341 2002-2003
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using Spanish captions, English captions, or no captions with a Spanish language soundtrack on intermediate university-level Spanish as a Foreign Language students' listening/reading comprehension. A total of 213 intermediate (fourth semester) students participated as intact groups in the study. The passage material consisted of a DVD episode (seven minutes) presenting information concerning preparation for the Apollo 13 NASA space exploration mission. The students viewed only one of three passage treatment conditions: Spanish captions, English captions, or no captions. The Spanish language dependent measure consisted of a 20-item multiple-choice listening comprehension test. The statistically significant results revealed that the English captions group performed at a considerably higher level than the Spanish captions group which in turn performed at a substantially higher level than the no captions group on the listening test. The article concludes with a discussion of the pedagogical implications of using multilingual captions in a variety of ways to enhance second language listening and reading comprehension.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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