Suter, Lea; Berthele, Raphael; Thomas, Anita (2025). The Sequencing of Pre- and Post-viewing Activities in a Vocabulary Learning Study with Adolescent French L2 Learners. In: Pattemore, Anastasia; Ferran, Gesa (eds.) Foreign Language Learning from Audiovisual Input: The Role of Original Version Television. Educational Linguistics: Vol. 66 (pp. 69-92). Switzerland: Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-031-91001-2

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This study investigates the effect of presence and sequence of viewing activities on the learning of new words in French L2. It examined if there is a difference in perceived usefulness of pre- vs. post-viewing activity (RQ1) and whether the perceived usefulness corresponds to students’ vocabulary scores (RQ2). Eighty-seven adolescent, beginner French L2 students from Switzerland participated in the study. Fifty-one target words were selected from three captioned 13–15 min excerpts from the French TV series Plan Cœur (Netflix, 2018). The participants watched each excerpt in a different condition (episode only, episode and pre-viewing activity, episode and post-viewing activity). In the activities, the participants had to recognise the correct meaning (translation) of target words. Three immediate and one delayed meaning recognition vocabulary post-tests were administered to four upper-level classes (HI) and two lower-level classes (LO). Students’ learning beliefs were collected using a self-evaluation questionnaire. Results from the questionnaire showed that both LO and HI learners perceived the post-viewing activity as most beneficial. The descriptive analysis of the questionnaire further supported that learners’ beliefs concerning the usefulness of the pre-/post-viewing activities generally correspond to learners’ actual learning gains. These results highlight the importance of pre-/post-viewing activities when learning new vocabulary through audio-visual input in foreign language teaching.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
PHBern Contributor:	Suter, Lea
ISSN:	1572-0292
ISBN:	978-3-031-91000-5
Series:	Educational Linguistics
Publisher:	Springer Nature
Language:	English
Submitter:	Lea Suter
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2025 14:20
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2025 14:20
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/978-3-031-91001-2
Uncontrolled Keywords:	SLA, French L2, audiovisual input, TV series, vocabulary
URI:	https://phrepo.phbern.ch/id/eprint/7731