September 10, 2025Language learning & technologyOpen Access

Effects of bilingual and monolingual subtitles on incidental acquisition of multiword expressions

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Experiment finds bilingual subtitles enhance multiword expression acquisition in L2 learners, suggesting greater effectiveness than monolingual forms.

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Bilingual subtitles improve incidental acquisition of multiword expressions more than monolingual subtitles.
Results showed a significant advantage for bilingual subtitles in facilitating meaning recall of multiword expressions.
Experiment involved 89 L2 learners exposed to different subtitling conditions while watching an input video.
Working memory capacity was found to predict the uptake of novel multiword expressions in bilingual subtitle viewing.

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Wangyin Kenneth Li (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23dc5b210217d6478f6db https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73638

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Experiment finds bilingual subtitles enhance multiword expression acquisition in L2 learners, suggesting greater effectiveness than monolingual forms.

Effects of bilingual and monolingual subtitles on incidental acquisition of multiword expressions

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Effects of bilingual and monolingual subtitles on incidental acquisition of multiword expressions

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