Adolescent EFL learners perceive cartoon-based pictorial elucidation as helpful for accurate vocabulary use and engagement¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The majority (90%) of the pictorial group reported that pictorial elucidation helped improve their accurate use of vocabulary, citing clearer meaning contrasts and increased enjoyment and concentration. → Lee 2017

Evidence¶

Lee 2017¶

Lee, Sunjung. (2017). Raising EFL learners' awareness of L2 lexical errors and correct usage: A dual coding approach. English Teaching, 72(2), 29-50. https://doi.org/10.15858/engtea.72.2.201706.29

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Posttest questionnaire with one yes/no item and an open-ended question administered to the pictorial group; 90% answered affirmatively, and remarks in Table 4 credited cartoons with clearer meaning contrasts, enjoyment, and concentration.

"The majority (90%) in the pictorial group reported that they found pictorial elucidation useful in improving their accurate use of vocabulary."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Interest — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Dual coding elucidation raises adolescent EFL learners' awareness of lexical errors and correct usage more than verbal-only elucidation — related
• The advantage of dual coding elucidation for correct lexical usage persists over a four-week delay — related
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• Learners hold positive attitudes toward glosses, but their perceptions of which gloss type works best do not match measured performance — related
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