Channels, Fall 2017

Page 42 Nanda • The L1 Context Embedding Method Nonetheless, the data can still adequately inform the research that one method is more effective than the other. Although neither method unambiguously outperformed the other, this data shows that the L1 Context Embedding Method is slightly more effective for immediate retention, and the Keyword Method is moderately more effective for longer term retention. Table 2 displays the improvement for each group in the mean amount of target vocabulary retained from words 1-10 to words 11-20, and Table 2 displays the increase in words retained from each set from Group A to Group B. Table 2. Improvement by percentage fromWords 1-10 → Words 11-20 Group Immediate Posttest Delayed Posttest Words 11-20 Method Group A +1.41% +50.00% Keyword Group B +4.17% +36.96% L1 Context Embedding Table 3. Improvement by percentage from Group A → Group B Word Set Immediate Posttest Delayed Posttest Group B Method Words 1-10 +1.41% +43.75% Keyword Words 11-20 +4.17% +31.25% L1 Context Embedding On the immediate post-tests, each group retained more vocabulary from words 11-20 than words 1-10, and Group B retained more of the words from both sets than Group A. However, both improvements were greater when switching to the L1 Context Embedding Method: a difference of a 2.76% improvement in each. Taken together, this data indicates that the L1 Context Embedding Method is slightly more effective than the Keyword Method in regard to immediate or very short term retention of words. The results of the delayed post-tests display a greater difference between the two methods. Again, each group retained more vocabulary from words 11-20 than words 1-10, and Group B retained more of the words from both sets than Group A, but both improvements were greater in this case when moving to the Keyword Method. The difference in the case of the delayed post-tests were much greater in favor of the Keyword Method over the Context Embedded Method, than the difference in the immediate posttest. For this reason, I say that the data shows the L1 Context Embedding Method is slightly more effective for immediate retention, but the Keyword Method is moderately more effective for longer term retention. Group A was able to retain 50% more of the target vocabulary from words 11-20 using the Keyword Method than from words 1-10 using the L1 Context Embedding Method.