Extensive Viewing of Children's Entertainment and the Potential for Incidental Learning of Early Years Reading Vocabulary: A Corpus Study

Autor/in	Green, Clarence
Titel	Extensive Viewing of Children's Entertainment and the Potential for Incidental Learning of Early Years Reading Vocabulary: A Corpus Study
Quelle	In: Language and Education, 37 (2023) 1, S.39-53 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0782
DOI	10.1080/09500782.2021.1983587
Schlagwörter	Incidental Learning; Reading Processes; Vocabulary Development; Films; Computational Linguistics; Learning Processes; Television; Linguistic Input; Captions; Word Lists; Oral Language; Word Frequency; Elementary School Students; Language Acquisition; Foreign Countries; Literacy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inzidentelles Lernen; Leseprozess; Wortschatzarbeit; Film; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Learning process; Lernprozess; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Sprachbildung; Untertitel; Wortliste; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Australien
Abstract	This study evaluates the potential for incidentally learning early reading vocabulary through the extensive viewing (EV) of children's movies/television with subtitles. Recent research has investigated how much exposure to important vocabulary EV and extensive reading (ER) provides. Investigations compute the number of repetitions of target vocabulary in corpora designed to represent EV/ER. Curriculum time estimates are then computed based on the time needed to reach vocabulary repetition thresholds linked to incidental learning. This study focuses on an understudied area of EV, namely children's transition to literacy. It investigates whether early reading vocabulary is available in children's movies/television, a form of compelling, comprehensible input. Recent research has found vocabulary acquisition gains from EV are enhanced by subtitles. Therefore, this study analyses 743 subtitles from children's movies (4.8 million words) and 3174 subtitles from children's series (6.4 million words). Using two recent wordlists representing early reading vocabulary, vocabulary frequency and approximate curriculum time estimates are computed for three thresholds linked to incidental vocabulary acquisition, i.e. 6, 12 and 20 encounters. Results indicate that EV with subtitles could support the development of an oral language vocabulary that contains a pool of words needed for early reading, and provide print exposure to this essential vocabulary. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01