All three L1 gloss conditions significantly improve immediate vocabulary recall over a no-gloss control in EFL reading¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? L1-gloss-L2-ex, L1-in-text-gloss, and L1-MG-gloss conditions each produced significantly higher immediate vocabulary recall scores than the no-gloss control group. → Cheng 2009

Evidence¶

Cheng 2009¶

Cheng, Y.-H., & Good, R. L. (2009). L1 glosses: Effects on EFL learners’ reading comprehension and vocabulary retention. Reading in a Foreign Language, 21(2), 119–142. http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl. doi:10.64152/10125/66828

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Posttest comparison of 135 Taiwanese undergraduates randomly assigned within intact classes to three gloss conditions or control. VocTest 1 means were 9.94 (L1-gloss-L2-ex, t = 4.441, p = .000), 9.58 (L1-in-text-gloss, t = 3.917, p = .000), and 8.07 (L1-MG-gloss, t = 2.656, p = .011) versus 5.48 for control, showing "significantly higher than the no-gloss control group".

"the VocTest 1 scores are significantly higher than the no-gloss control group as indicated by the t values, though the effects of the L1-MG-gloss condition are not quite as strong as the other gloss conditions"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Earlier meta-analyses, as reported second-hand, find that glosses improve L2 vocabulary learning and that text-and-picture glosses outperform single-mode glosses — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Only L1-gloss-L2-ex and L1-in-text-gloss conditions significantly outperform the no-gloss control on all three vocabulary recall tests — qualifies
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