Captioned Television as "Comprehensible Input" [electronic resource] : Effects of Incidental Word Learning from Context for Language Minority Students / Susan B. Neuman and Patricia Koskinen.

One theory of second language acquisition argues that children's competence in a second language is a function of the amount of "comprehensible input" acquirers receive and understand, without formal instruction in reading or grammar. To examine this hypothesis, this study analyzes wh...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Neuman, Susan B.
Other Authors:	Koskinen, Patricia
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1991.
Subjects:	Bilingualism. Captions. English (Second Language) Grade 7. Grade 8. Junior High Schools. Language Proficiency. Linguistic Input. Middle Schools. Science Instruction. Second Language Learning. Teaching Methods. Television. Vocabulary Development.