The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development

A Master of Arts thesis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) by Yvette Rizcallah entitled, “The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development”, submitted in November 2023. Thesis advisor is Dr. Ozgur Parlak. Soft copy is available (Thesis, Completion Certificate,...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Rizcallah, Yvette (author)
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Productive vocabulary
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spelling The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary DevelopmentRizcallah, YvetteComicsMultimodal inputSecond language acquisitionReceptive vocabularyProductive vocabularyA Master of Arts thesis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) by Yvette Rizcallah entitled, “The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development”, submitted in November 2023. Thesis advisor is Dr. Ozgur Parlak. Soft copy is available (Thesis, Completion Certificate, Approval Signatures, and AUS Archives Consent Form).In the last two decades, L2 researchers have shown interest in employing visual aids to promote L2 vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension (Al-Seghayer, 2001; Basal, Aytan, & Demir, 2016; Kim & Gilman, 2008; Liu, 2004). However, a relatively small number of studies investigated the impact of visual aids on the development of L2 academic vocabulary within a classroom context. To contribute to this line of research, the current study explored the extent to which the use of comics in an EFL classroom affects L2 academic vocabulary acquisition. Following a pretest-posttest design, 98 middle schoolers studying at a private high school in the United Arab Emirates were assigned to comic, script, and control groups. As part of the intervention, eight target words were taught incidentally through task-based instruction which focused on character analysis through a series of narratives. The comic group carried out the tasks using comics, the script group using the scripted version of the same conversations used in comics, while the control group did not receive any form of instruction. Participants’ receptive vocabulary development was measured using a form recognition test, and their productive vocabulary development was measured using a meaning recall test. Inferential statistics results obtained through linear mixed-effects models fitted using the lme4 package in R showed that both the comic and the script groups had statistically significant gains on the posttest and the delayed posttest, whereas the control group did not show any gains. The results also showed that the comic group achieved higher recall and retention scores on the posttest and the delayed posttest compared to the script group. Findings are discussed in relation to using visual aids to promote L2 vocabulary acquisition.College of Arts and SciencesDepartment of EnglishMaster of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL)Parlak, Ozgur2024-02-29T06:29:11Z2024-02-29T06:29:11Z2023-11info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdf29.232-2023.03http://hdl.handle.net/11073/25477en_USoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/254772025-06-26T12:34:59Z
spellingShingle The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development
Rizcallah, Yvette
Comics
Multimodal input
Second language acquisition
Receptive vocabulary
Productive vocabulary
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title The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development
title_full The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development
title_fullStr The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development
title_short The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development
title_sort The Effects of Comics on Second Language Vocabulary Development
topic Comics
Multimodal input
Second language acquisition
Receptive vocabulary
Productive vocabulary
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/25477