Two students found the sitcom characters' speech too fast and some suggested showing short episodes, which the authors read as support for short subtitled video segments to avoid overload¶
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q2 i? In interviews, two students said the characters spoke very fast, which made the sitcom hard to follow, and some other students suggested that the episodes shown be short; the authors read this as consistent with Swaffar and Vlatten's (1997) argument that brief segments avoid cognitive overload. → Saeedi and Biri 2016
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Saeedi and Biri 2016¶
Saeedi, Z., & Biri, A. (2016). THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING GRAMMAR TO EFL LEARNERS: THE ROLE OF ANIMATED SITCOMS. Teaching English with Technology, 16(2), 18-39. https://www.tewtjournal.org
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Interview responses from the 17 experimental-group students, who were already shown shorter segments rather than whole episodes, with English subtitles added because of the speech-speed concern. The difficulty reported was fast speech (two students); the episodes' length was not reported as a difficulty, but some other students suggested that the episodes shown be short. The article links this to Swaffar and Vlatten's (1997) point that "cognitive overload" from excessive information is a problem for L2 learners exposed to video; the study did not compare segment lengths.
"Two of the students believed that the characters were spea king very fast, which made it difficult for them to understand what was happening."
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