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University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
English, second language, ESL, ELL, vocabulary acquisition, word learning, reading, context, context clues, lexical inference, learning strategies, children’s literature, illustrations, pictures, storybooks, immigration, multicultural literature, adult education, college, intensive language programs, Vietnamese culture, cultural understanding
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Exploring Storybook Illustrations In Learning Word Meanings, Eleomarques Ferreira Rocha
Exploring Storybook Illustrations In Learning Word Meanings, Eleomarques Ferreira Rocha
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study explores storybook illustrations in learning word meanings among English learners in a university intensive language program. The impact of children’s literature on the comprehension and vocabulary development of second language children is well-documented. However, the use of the literature with adults still needs to be researched. Therefore, a mixed-method study was designed (1) to investigate whether readers who read an authentic illustrated story differed from those who read the same story without illustrations; and (2) to learn more about the readers’ process of learning words from storybook illustrations. Results suggest that illustrations play an important role in both …