A multiple-choice gloss format (L1 + L2) produced significantly higher vocabulary posttest scores than a single-gloss format in Nagata's Japanese study¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? University students of Japanese using a multiple-choice gloss with both English and Japanese outperformed students using a single English translation gloss on a vocabulary posttest. → Yun 2008

Evidence¶

Yun 2008¶

Yun, J. H. (2008). The Effects of Hypertext Glosses on L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: A Meta-Analysis. Doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

The dissertation reports, citing Nagata (1999), a study of 26 university students of Japanese measured by vocabulary pretest and posttest, in which the "multiple-choice-gloss format group ( M= 13.5, SD = 5.5)" beat the single-gloss group. Only means and SDs are printed; no effect size.

"The multiple-choice-gloss format group ( M= 13.5, SD = 5.5) outperformed significantly better on a vocabulary posttest than the single-gloss format group ( M= 10.8, SD = 4.8)."

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 — a broader claim this one bears on
• Learners hold positive attitudes toward glosses, but their perceptions of which gloss type works best do not match measured performance — related
• Multimedia glosses improve EFL students' immediate vocabulary acquisition relative to reading the same texts without glosses — related
• In Yoshii's study, text + picture glosses beat text-only glosses only on a definition-supply test, with no L1 versus L2 gloss difference — related