Paul Markham|Lizette Peter|Teresa J. McCarthy
The Effects of Native Language vs. Target Language Captions on Foreign Language Students' DVD Video Comprehension
University of Kansas|University of Kansas
abstract purpose study examine effects using spanish captions english captions captions spanishlanguage soundtrack intermediate universitylevel spanish foreign language students comprehension dvd passage material total 169 intermediate fourthsemester students predicated intact groups study passage material consisted 7minute dvd episode preparation apollo 13 spaceexploration mission students viewed one three passage treatment conditions spanish captions english captions captions englishlanguagedependent measures consisted written summary generated students 10item multiplechoice test statistically significant results revealed english captions group performed substantially higher level spanish captions group turn performed considerably higher level captions group dependent measures pedagogical value using multilingual soundtracks multilingual captions various ways enhance second language reading listening comprehension discussed