Full captions significantly improved EFL learners' general listening comprehension from pre-test to post-test¶
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Currency · newest study 2015 · checked against its sources 2026-11-03 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? The full-captions group showed a statistically significant increase in listening comprehension scores after 15 captioned-film sessions. → Behroozizad and Majidi 2015
Evidence¶
Behroozizad and Majidi 2015¶
Sorayya Behroozizad, Sudabeh Majidi. (2015). The Effect of Different Modes of English Captioning on EFL learners' General Listening Comprehension: Full text Vs. Keyword Captions. Advances in Language and Literary Studies 6(4). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.4p.115
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Paired sample t-test on the full-captions group's PET listening pre- and post-test scores (n=15). The pre-test mean was 20.80 and the post-test mean 45.86, an increase the authors report as "statistically significant increase in the full captions group".
"As Table 2 illustrated, there was a statistically significant increase in the full captions group after the treatment. The results of paired samples t-test indicates that the significant value (.000) was less than p<0.05 which revealed that the difference is significant."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Auditory Processing — outcome: instruction changes it
- Oral Language — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Captioning mode significantly affected listening comprehension, with full captions outperforming keyword captions and both outperforming no captions — related
- Providing captions of any type improved general listening comprehension of EFL students compared with no captions — a broader claim this one bears on
- Keyword captions significantly improved EFL learners' general listening comprehension from pre-test to post-test — related
- The no-captions control group also improved significantly in listening comprehension over the treatment period — related
- Captioning second-language videos produces large benefits for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition — a broader claim this one bears on
- Viewing captioned instructional videos significantly improves EFL learners' overall language proficiency compared to viewing without captions. — related
- Viewing captioned instructional videos significantly improves EFL learners' vocabulary acquisition compared to viewing without captions. — related
- Viewing captioned instructional videos does not significantly improve EFL learners' content comprehension compared to viewing without captions. — related
- Viewing instructional videos improves EFL learners' language proficiency regardless of whether captions are present. — related
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