Advanced EFL learners reported positive perceptions of learning formulaic sequences through TV series, valuing visual context¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Interviewed experimental-group participants held positive attitudes toward learning FSs through TV series and emphasized seeing FSs used in visual contexts; all reported they would use TV series when teaching FSs. → Koç and Koç 2017

Evidence¶

Koç and Koç 2017¶

Didem Koban Koç & Serdar Engin Koç. (2017). On the Role of Media Input in the Learning of Formulaic Sequences by EFL Learners. TESL Canada Journal/Revue TESL du Canada, 34(3), 93–110. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v34i3.1275

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Semi-structured interviews with seven experimental-group participants (four females, three males) conducted after the delayed posttest, transcribed and translated with expert checking. The article reports "Almost all the participants mentioned the advantages of seeing how FSs were used in visual contexts" and that all would use TV series in their future teaching.

"Almost all the participants mentioned the advantages of seeing how FSs were used in visual contexts."

Discussion¶

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