First- and second-language subtitles and cognitive load: An EEG study
| dc.contributor.author | Lee, Taegang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lee, Yoohyoung | |
| dc.contributor.author | Choi, Sungmook | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-07T19:22:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-07T19:22:38Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2025 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-04-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Empirical evidence remains sparse about how videos enhanced with first-language (L1) and secondlanguage (L2) subtitles influence cognitive load in L2 learners. To address this point, 25 Korean undergraduate students were exposed to six short videos: baseline, L1-subtitled, and L2-subtitled videos at both high and low difficulty levels (determined by linguistic complexity and speech rate). Baseline videos included subtitles in Arabic, a language unfamiliar to the participants. As participants viewed the videos, their brains’ electrical activity was recorded using electroencephalography (EEG). After each video, participants completed a self-report questionnaire based on the video they had just watched. Analyses of the EEG data and questionnaire responses consistently suggested that, compared to baseline videos, L1-subtitled videos reduce cognitive load in L2 learners. However, findings for L2-subtitled videos were less consistent. While the EEG results indicated no significant difference in cognitive load between L2-subtitled and baseline videos, participants reported significantly higher cognitive effort for baseline videos than for L2-subtitled videos. Notably, these results did not vary according to the difficulty levels of the videos. | |
| dc.format.extent | 18 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lee, T., Lee, Y., & Choi, S. (2025). First- and second-language subtitles and cognitive load: An EEG study. Language Learning & Technology, 29(1), 1–18. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73625 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1094-3501 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73625 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center | |
| dc.publisher | Center for Language & Technology | |
| dc.rights.license | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Subtitles, EEG, Cognitive Load, Multimedia-Assisted Language Learning | |
| dc.title | First- and second-language subtitles and cognitive load: An EEG study | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dcterms.type | Text | |
| prism.endingpage | 18 | |
| prism.number | 1 | |
| prism.publicationname | Language Learning & Technology | |
| prism.startingpage | 1 | |
| prism.volume | 29 |