Both subtitle and no-subtitle groups improved significantly on the VKS from pre-test to post-test after watching cartoons¶
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q3 i? One-sample t-tests showed significant improvement from pre-test to post-test in each group, significant at the .01 level (Group A mean gain .34127; Group B .11111). → Ali Karakaş and Arif Sariçoban 2011
Evidence¶
Ali Karakaş and Arif Sariçoban 2011¶
Ali Karakaş and Arif Sariçoban. (2011). The Impact of Watching Subtitled Animated Cartoons on Incidental Vocabulary Learning of ELT Students. Teaching English with Technology, 12(4), 3-15. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1144953
q3 · i? · causal · r2
One-sample t-tests on each group's pre-to-post VKS gains (Group A t=11.391, df=20, mean difference .34127; Group B t=10.985, df=20, mean difference .11111); "the progress made in each group was significant at a .01 level". Post-test means rose from 2.47 to 2.81 (Group A) and 2.42 to 2.53 (Group B).
"As Table 3 illus trates, the progress made in each group was significant at a .01 level."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Watching cartoons with English subtitles produces no statistically significant vocabulary-gain advantage over watching without subtitles among upper-intermediate ELT students — related
- Repeated encounters with novel words in the cartoons familiarized learners with words they had reported never seeing at pre-test — related
- Vocabulary improvement occurred incidentally regardless of subtitles, attributed to target words being contextualized in the cartoons — a broader claim this one bears on
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