Four-week daily audiovisual-media listening treatment embedded in second-semester French instruction

Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The treatment consisted of daily listening activities using online audiovisual media excerpts, taking approximately 10 minutes each across 13 class periods, embedded in the regular course so that instructional time and content were equivalent to the control group and "the only difference was task type." Activities used pre- and postlistening tasks to process aural input from the excerpts, and the same instructor taught both sections to keep teaching style consistent. Students were unaware of the difference in instruction.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Equivalent instructional time and content across conditions
• Same instructor across groups to remove teaching differences as a confound
• Pre- and postlistening activities surrounding the audiovisual excerpts

Constraints

• The article notes the short four-week time frame limited learners' contact with the experimental instruction

Target Learners

• postsecondary second-semester French students
• native English-speaking L2 learners of French

Learning Goals

• L2 listening comprehension development

Claims

• Audiovisual Listening Instruction Immediate Posttest Advantage [+M]
• Audiovisual Listening Delayed Posttest Advantage [+M]

Related Designs

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Key Sources

• Shannon R. Becker and Jessica L. Sturm. (2017). Effects of Audiovisual Media on L2 Listening Comprehension: A Preliminary Study in French. CALICO Journal. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.26754

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title	Four-week daily audiovisual-media listening treatment embedded in second-semester French instruction
description	The treatment consisted of daily listening activities using online audiovisual media excerpts, taking approximately 10 minutes each across 13 class periods, embedded in the regular course so that instructional time an...
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