The Effects of Reading Bilingual Books on Vocabulary Learning

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Zhiying; Webb, Stuart
Titel	The Effects of Reading Bilingual Books on Vocabulary Learning
Quelle	In: Reading in a Foreign Language, 31 (2019) 1, S.109-139 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-0578
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Books; Reading Materials; Vocabulary Development; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language of Instruction; Teaching Methods; Program Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Mandarin Chinese; Vocational Education; Late Adolescents; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Wortschatzarbeit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Halbstarker
Abstract	This study investigated the effects of reading bilingual books on vocabulary learning. Eighty-two Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners read different versions of the same text: English-only text, English text with target words glossed, English text followed by the Chinese text, and Chinese text followed by the English text. A pretest, immediate posttest, and delayed posttest were used to measure incidental vocabulary learning. The findings showed that (a) all four groups made significant gains in lexical knowledge, (b) those who read glossed text and bilingual text had significantly durable knowledge gain, (c) the participants who read glossed text or read the English version of the text before the Chinese version had significantly higher scores text in the immediate posttest than the participants who read the English-only text, and (d) the participants who read bilingual texts had significantly higher scores on the delayed posttest than those who read the English-only text. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Reading in a Foreign Language. National Foreign Language Resource Center, 1859 East-West Road #106, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822. e-mail: readfl@hawaii.edu; Web site: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01