Semiotic approach to preschool foreign-language vocabulary instruction

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The study grounds both instruction types in semiotics, the study of signs and sign processes called semiosis, applied to foreign language learning as educational semiotics. In early language learning, pictures are central because "a picture represents a wide variety of meaning by the use of signs". In the experiment, semiosis was provided by the researcher's verbal and visual cues in the TVI group and by the computer itself in the CAVI group, with both groups studying the same 20 target words over four weeks.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Instruction must provide meaningful sign systems, with pictures or visual cues acting as conveyors of meaning for the target words

Constraints

• The article states there was no prior research on teaching vocabulary through semiosis in EFL preschool context

Target Learners

• preschool children (5-year-olds) learning English as a foreign language

Learning Goals

• foreign language vocabulary knowledge

Claims

• Cavi Significant Vocabulary Gain Preschool [+M]
• Tvi Significant Vocabulary Gain Preschool [+M]

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Key Sources

• Basoz, T. & Can, T., D. (2016). The effectiveness of computers on vocabulary learning among preschool children: A semiotic approach. Cypriot Journal of Educational Science, 11(1), 02-08. http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/cjes/

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id	semiotic-approach-preschool-vocabulary-instruction
title	Semiotic approach to preschool foreign-language vocabulary instruction
description	The study grounds both instruction types in semiotics, the study of signs and sign processes called semiosis, applied to foreign language learning as educational semiotics.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-01
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sources	1 — basoz-2016

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