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The Effect of Visual Representation, Textual Representation, and Glossing on Second Language Vocabulary Learning

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Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch,Iran

Abstract

In this study, the researcher chose three different vocabulary techniques (Visual Representation, Textual Enhancement, and Glossing) and compared them with traditional method of teaching vocabulary. 80 advanced EFL Learners were assigned as four intact groups (three experimental and one control group) through using a proficiency test and a vocabulary test as a pre-test. In the visual group, students used flashcards; in the textual enhancement, every synonym and antonym were highlighted and numbered and in the glossing group new vocabularies were numbered and their explanations were provided in the margins or footnotes. Students in the control group learned vocabulary through traditional way by meaning explanation, translation, or providing synonyms and antonyms. All the other three groups had the same procedure as control group but besides these processes they had access to visual, textual, or glossing techniques, too. The results showed that in the posttest, all three experimental groups outperformed the control group. However, the highest improvement in both post-test and delayed post-test was for glossing group. As a whole, we can say improvement in vocabulary learning was respectively for glossing, then visual, and finally textual enhancement. Therefore, it can be concluded that using pictorial, textual cues and glossing enhance their interlanguage system.

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Article Title [Persian]

تأثیر بازنمایی تصویری ، بازنمایی متنی و واژگانی بر یادگیری واژگان زبان دوم

Author [Persian]

  • دکتر فرناز صاحب خیر

استادیار گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تبریز

Abstract [Persian]

در این مطالعه، محقق سه روش واژگان مختلف (بازنمایی بصری، تقویت متن، و حاشیه سازی واژگان) را انتخاب کرده و آنها را با روش سنتی آموزش واژگان مقایسه کرده است. با استفاده از آزمون مهارت و مهارت واژگان به عنوان پیش آزمون، 80 زبان آموز   EFL به چهار گروه (سه گروه آزمایش و یک گروه کنترل) اختصاص داده شدند. در گروه بصری، دانش آموزان از کارتهای مرتب سازی استفاده می کردند؛ در افزونه متن هرکلمه مترادف و متضاد برجسته و شماره گذاری می شد؛ و در گروه حاشیه سازی واژگان جدید شماره گذاری می شدند و توضیحات آنها در حاشیه ها یا پاورقی ها ارائه می شد. دانش آموزان گروه کنترل، واژگان را از طریق روش سنتی با معنی توضیح، ترجمه، یا ارائه مترادف و متضاد فرا گرفتند. هر سه گروه دیگر رویه مشابه گروه کنترل داشتند؛ اما علاوه بر این مراحل، آنها به تکنیک های تصویری، متنی، یا حاشیه سازی نیز دسترسی داشتند. نتایج نشان داد که در پس آزمون، هر سه گروه آزمایش از گروه کنترل بهتر بودند. با این حال، بیشترین پیشرفت در پس آزمون و پس آزمون با تاخیر در گروه حاشیه سازی بود. به طور کلی، می توان گفت پیشرفت در یادگیری واژگان به ترتیب برای حاشیه سازی، سپس بصری و بالاخره تقویت متن بود. بنابراین می توان نتیجه گرفت که استفاده از نشانه های متن و حاشیه سازی باعث تقویت سیستم بین زبانی آنها می شود.

Keywords [Persian]

  • آموزش زبان دوم
  • بازنمایی واژگانی
  • بازنمایی متن
  • بازنمایی تصویری
  • یادگیری واژگان
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Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances
Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 14
September 2019
Pages 185-200
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  • Receive Date: 02 October 2019
  • Revise Date: 25 October 2019
  • Accept Date: 30 November 2019
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