This article discusses research into the role of audio-visual input for second language (L2)
or foreign language learning. It also addresses questions related to the effectiveness of …

Audiovisual input has received increasing attention from the Second Language Acquisition
(SLA) and the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) domains during the past few …

This study explores the effects of extensive audio-visual input with three captioning modes--
unenhanced captions, textually enhanced captions, and no captions--on learning a variety …

Second language (L2) viewing with captions (ie, L2 on‐screen text) is now a proliferating as
well as promising area of L2 acquisition research. The goal of the present meta‐analysis …

Accessible to experts and non-experts alike, this text is a comprehensive entry to teaching
and learning vocabulary in ESL and EFL contexts. Firmly grounded in research, it presents …

The current study investigated the extent to which second language (L2) learners of English
benefitted from various combinations of form-focused instruction (FFI) techniques on the …

The effect of video captions on vocabulary acquisition is a growing topic of interest among
L2 researchers. Expanding on this line of inquiry, this study explores how keyword captions …

Studies investigating the acquisition of multiword items (MWIs) from reading have furnished
evidence that the likelihood of acquisition improves considerably if such items are …

As second language (L2) research adapts to the dynamics of multimodal instruction,
researchers are exploring the role of captioning and textual enhancement (TE) on learner …

Idioms are highly conventionalized expressions that allow users to express beyond literal
meanings. Despite the language difference, counterparts of idioms may overlap cross …