An explorative study on media effects in vocabulary learning
An explorative study on media effects in vocabulary learning
Author(s): Hans GiessenSubject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Media studies, Language acquisition, Computational linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Computer-based learning; amygdala; hippocampus; vocabulary;
Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the best media or media adequate ways to memorize vocabulary. An empirical study is presented in which test persons had to memorize vocabulary in an unknown language in three different ways. Thus, three experimental groups were presented Hungarian vocabulary to be learnt. The first group learnt a vocabulary list from a sheet of paper, the second one from the computer monitor, but without any animation, and the third one from an animated flash file. In the present article, the results of this study are reported and discussed.
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 43/2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 147-154
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English