Textual and Pictorial Glosses: Effectiveness on Incidental Vocabulary Growth When Reading in a Foreign Language.

Kost, Claudia R.; Foss, Pamelo; Lenzini, John J.

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Publication Date: 1999

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Textual and Pictorial Glosses: Effectiveness on Incidental Vocabulary Growth When Reading in a Foreign Language.

Kost, Claudia R.; Foss, Pamelo; Lenzini, John J.

Foreign Language Annals, v32 n1 p89-113 Spr 1999

Investigates the effects of pictorial and textual glosses and a combination thereof on incidental vocabulary growth of foreign language learners. Subjects from second-semester German classes read a narrative text passage under one of three marginal gloss conditions: textual gloss (English translation); pictorial gloss; and text and pictures in the gloss. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Students, German, Higher Education, Reading Processes, Second Language Learning, Visual Aids, Vocabulary Development

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Language: English

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