La adquisición de léxico a través de multimedia: motivación, actitud y asimilación.

Abstract

An outstanding feature of the nineties in the field of second language acquisition is that learning English with multimedia has become a salid new area of research due to the overwhelming possibilities that computers can offer.

In a foreign language context such as ours, the aid of Cd-Rom programs is specially important as they can provide extensive opportunities for practice in the four skills.

With these considerations in mind, the aim of this study is to analyze the effects of leaming English with multimedia and compare them with more traditional tasks to see which format can be considered more motivating and effective for the learning of vocabulary in young learners.