Effects of Multimedia Glosses on Aiding Vocabulary Acquisition in EFL Environment.

This study investigates the effects of multimedia annotations in CALL environment on the acquisition of English vocabulary for Yemeni EFL learners. Sixty freshmen students were randomly assigned to read stories either on computer screen or in printed text. They were divided into two groups; experimental group received treatments through multimedia software, control group received the same treatment but with traditional printed texts. Vocabulary pre-test and immediate test were administered to both groups. Four weeks later, a vocabulary delayed post-test was administered to both groups to check word retention. Participants of multimedia group were asked to fill in a short questionnaire to see their attitude towards the use of multimedia software. Results showed that experimental group scored higher than control group on the immediate posttest, and a decline in the delayed posttest of control group was greater than that of experimental group. Findings of the test revealed that learning occurred effectively through multimedia CALL. The study discusses the findings of the study on the light of theories of multimedia learning and suggests for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]