Abstract
This paper aims at researching the effect of computer multimedia assisted word annotation on incidental vocabulary acquisition of English reading of Chinese students. An empirical research experiment is designed based on the ideas of word annotation, incidental vocabulary acquisition, multimedia annotation, and so on. Through analyzing, three main problems are put forward in this paper. In the empirical experiment, two variables of different annotation modes and subjects’ English levels are designed and immediate test and delayed test are adopted. By selecting suitable test subjects, test materials and test tool, an empirical research has been conducted and the corresponding conclusions have been drawn. The re-search takes the effect of individual English level differences on incidental vocabulary acquisition of English reading and the experimental result play a positive role in the selection of suitable computer assisted annotation modes for students of different English levels.
Highlights
English vocabulary is the cornerstone of English learning and the level of English vocabulary is related to the levels of all aspects, such as English listening, speaking, reading and writing
The results show that, for high-level learners, text + picture + voice annotation mode can better promote incidental vocabulary learning than text + picture while there is no significant difference for low-level learners
The experimental results show that, for low-level learners, the effect of text + voice annotation in gap filling task is better than the text + picture annotation, indicating that the combination annotation of text and voice is better than the combination annotation of text and picture
Summary
English vocabulary is the cornerstone of English learning and the level of English vocabulary is related to the levels of all aspects, such as English listening, speaking, reading and writing. Researches show that the learning of English vocabulary is obtained through English vocabulary teaching, but can be acquired in incidental acquisition by various learning modes, such as English reading, English listening comprehension, and English writing. Incidental vocabulary acquisition in English reading is the main mode of indirect learning of vocabulary and the research focus. Some scholars have concluded that the multimedia annotation mode combining text and language can better promote the incidental vocabulary acquisition than the single text annotation. Relevant scholars have conducted studies by referring to the overseas researches on multimedia annotation and incidental vocabulary acquisition, and made a comparative research on four kinds of multimedia annotations, including Chinese annotation, English annotation, Chinese plus pictures, English plus pictures, as well as drawn a conclusion that the annotation effect of Chinese plus pictures is the best. Researches at home have made great progress, computer multimedia assisted word annotation hasn’t considered the key variable-learners’ English levels, and research on voice assisted annotation as a part of multimedia annotation has been seldom studied [4,5,6]
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