Topic > Experimental study on English as a second…

The study conducted by Yuksel and Tanriverdi in 2009 had one main purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of watching a video clip with English subtitles on college-level students who were learning English as a foreign language. More specifically, the study wanted to investigate "how English-language material with or without English-language subtitles would influence foreign language learners' vocabulary development in a Turkish university setting." Sample There were 120 students who participated in this study, all attending Kocaeli University. in Türkiye. Before starting the degree program, participants attended 20 hours of English courses per week and attended 80% of the classes. Participants had a wide variety of majors, some including finance, business administration, education, or journalism. All participants were recent college graduates and had similar levels of English proficiency (intermediate). This was determined by a proficiency test that assessed reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing. Participants were randomly assigned to the captioned or no captioned groups. During the study, 14 students failed one of the tests or treatment, so their results were removed from the study. The study was conducted with 104 participants; 53 students in the subtitles group and 51 students in the no subtitles group. Methods and Procedures The study was measured using a pre-test, a post-test and a control group. The students were randomly divided into two groups. Participants in Group A watched the video with subtitles, while Group B watched the video without captions. Each group was given the same pre and post test (Vocabulary Knowl… half of the paper… the answer was inaccurate, they were marked one level lower). Results and Discussion The study conducted by Yuksel and Tanriverdi found that while both groups A and B improved from pretest to posttest, students in group A performed better. Students in group A improved an average of 0.91221 from pretest to posttest. Students in group B did not perform as well, improving on average by 0.82168 from pretest to posttest. While Group A tested slightly better than Group B, the t-test results revealed no significant statistical differences between the two groups. Before the test began, participants' initial knowledge of the ten target words was slightly similar. below Level II on the vocabulary knowledge scale After watching the Seinfeld clip twice, both Group A and Group B improved above Level II. The post-test mean for group A was 2.7679 and group B was 2.5650.