TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the effectiveness of vocabulary learning tasks from the perspective of the technique feature analysis: The effects of pictorial annotations
AU - HUANG, Yan
AU - ZOU, Di
AU - WANG, Fu Lee
AU - KWAN, Reggie
AU - XIE, Haoran
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This study investigates the effectiveness of three kinds of word learning exercises in terms of Nation and Webb's (2011) technique feature analysis. Three commonly used vocabulary learning tasks: Reading comprehension, sentence writing, and cloze-exercise were combined with two types of annotations: Pictorial annotations and textual annotations in four tasks. Tasks 1 and 3 were provided with pictorial annotation, while tasks 2 and 4 were textual annotations. 130 college students were recruited and allocated randomly to the four tasks groups to test their learning effectiveness respectively. The results demonstrated that cloze-exercises with textual glosses were as effective as reading comprehension with pictorial glosses, and cloze-exercises with pictorial glosses were as effective as sentence-writing with textual glosses, which is in accord with the checklist of technique feature analysis and confirms the effectiveness of pictorial annotations to word learning.
AB - This study investigates the effectiveness of three kinds of word learning exercises in terms of Nation and Webb's (2011) technique feature analysis. Three commonly used vocabulary learning tasks: Reading comprehension, sentence writing, and cloze-exercise were combined with two types of annotations: Pictorial annotations and textual annotations in four tasks. Tasks 1 and 3 were provided with pictorial annotation, while tasks 2 and 4 were textual annotations. 130 college students were recruited and allocated randomly to the four tasks groups to test their learning effectiveness respectively. The results demonstrated that cloze-exercises with textual glosses were as effective as reading comprehension with pictorial glosses, and cloze-exercises with pictorial glosses were as effective as sentence-writing with textual glosses, which is in accord with the checklist of technique feature analysis and confirms the effectiveness of pictorial annotations to word learning.
KW - Imaging
KW - Pictorial annotations
KW - Technique feature analysis
KW - Textual annotations
KW - Vocabulary acquisition
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084314863&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJIL.2020.106810
DO - 10.1504/IJIL.2020.106810
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
AN - SCOPUS:85084314863
SN - 1471-8197
VL - 27
SP - 254
EP - 273
JO - International Journal of Innovation and Learning
JF - International Journal of Innovation and Learning
IS - 3
ER -