TY - JOUR
T1 - EmoTan
T2 - enhanced flashcards for second language vocabulary learning with emotional binaural narration
AU - Fukushima, Shogo
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank M. Kimura and T. Wakamiya for their suggestions with respect to language education. We also extend our thanks to S. Oguni and H. Takumi for their cooperation during the brainstorming and recording process. Finally, we are grateful to A. Hautasaari for carefully proofreading the manuscript. This research was (partially) supported by JST PRESTO (Grant No. JPMJPR1658).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Author(s).
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - We report on the design and evaluation of a flashcard application, enhanced with emotional binaural narration to support second language (L2) vocabulary learning. Typically, the voice narration used in English vocabulary learning is recorded by native speakers with a standard accent to ensure accurate pronunciation and clarity. However, a clear but monotonous narration may not always aid learners in retaining new vocabulary items in their semantic memory. As such, enhancing textual flashcards with emotional narration in the learner’s native language can foster the retention of new L2 words in episodic rather than semantic memory as greater emotive expression reinforces episodic memory retention. We evaluated the effects of binaural emotive narration with traditional textual flashcards on L2 word retention (immediate and delayed) in laboratory experiments with native Japanese-speaking English learners. Our results suggest that the learners were able to retain approximately 60% more L2 words long-term with the proposed approach compared to traditional flashcards.
AB - We report on the design and evaluation of a flashcard application, enhanced with emotional binaural narration to support second language (L2) vocabulary learning. Typically, the voice narration used in English vocabulary learning is recorded by native speakers with a standard accent to ensure accurate pronunciation and clarity. However, a clear but monotonous narration may not always aid learners in retaining new vocabulary items in their semantic memory. As such, enhancing textual flashcards with emotional narration in the learner’s native language can foster the retention of new L2 words in episodic rather than semantic memory as greater emotive expression reinforces episodic memory retention. We evaluated the effects of binaural emotive narration with traditional textual flashcards on L2 word retention (immediate and delayed) in laboratory experiments with native Japanese-speaking English learners. Our results suggest that the learners were able to retain approximately 60% more L2 words long-term with the proposed approach compared to traditional flashcards.
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U2 - 10.1186/s41039-019-0109-0
DO - 10.1186/s41039-019-0109-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075075897
SN - 1793-7078
VL - 14
JO - Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning
JF - Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning
IS - 1
M1 - 16
ER -