Teaching Vocabulary with Graphic Novels

Autor/inn/en	Basal, Ahmet; Aytan, Talat; Demir, Ibrahim
Titel	Teaching Vocabulary with Graphic Novels
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 9 (2016) 9, S.95-109 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Novels; Cartoons; Vocabulary; Vocabulary Development; Teaching Methods; Quasiexperimental Design; Language Patterns; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Pretests Posttests; Instructional Effectiveness; Achievement Gains; College Freshmen; Foreign Countries; Nonparametric Statistics; Statistical Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Novel; Roman; Zeichentrickfilm; Wortschatz; Wortschatzarbeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Studienanfänger; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	Mastery of idiomatic expressions by foreign language learners is often equated with the fluency of native speakers of that language. However, learning these idiomatic expressions is one of the significant problems experienced by learners. The present quasi-experimental study conducted over four weeks in the ELT department of a Turkish university aims to investigate the effectiveness of teaching idioms via graphic novels compared to teaching them via traditional activities. Forty most figurative idioms selected randomly from the Michigan Academic English Spoken Corpus (MICASE) were used in a script and the script was converted to a graphic novel with the use of a computer software. The results revealed that participants in the experimental group who had learned idioms through the graphic novel performed significantly better on the post-test, indicating the efficiency of the graphic novel in vocabulary teaching. The study also offers recommendations for the use of graphic novels in the teaching of vocabulary. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01