The Role of Audiovisual Mass Media News in Language Learning

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Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Audiovisual Aids; Mass Media; News Media; Second Language Instruction; Context Effect; Listening Comprehension; Listening Comprehension Tests; Speech Skills; Language Proficiency; Technology Uses in Education; Media Selection; Language Tests; Language Fluency; Action Research; Second Language Learning; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires

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The present paper focuses on the role of audio/visual mass media news in language learning. In this regard, the two important issues regarding the selection and preparation of TV news for language learning are the content of the news and the linguistic difficulty. Content is described as whether the news is specialized or universal. Universal contexts are likely to be more comprehensible than specialized contexts. As for the linguistic difficulty, it consists of acoustic, lexical/syntactic and text-type difficulties. Accordingly, audiovisual texts with greater iconic combinations are likely to be more comprehensible for language learning. Moreover, the present paper provides empirical evidence of the role of exposure to news from mass media on speaking fluency.

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2015

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