A meta-analysis of the effect of bimodal subtitling on vocabulary learning among adult EFL learners

A meta-analysis is conducted to investigate the impact of English subtitling on EFL learners’ vocabulary improvement. This study was conducted by collecting and analyzing previous research to investigate the effect of bimodal subtitles on vocabulary learning, among EFL learners in different contexts and settings. The main point here is to systemize the existing literature on bimodal subtitles in relation to vocabulary learning as a topic and to compare the results of different studies in this respect. Thus, second language development could be addressed through this area, which can be considered as one effective teaching method for EFL learners. In an effort to elaborate previous literature, a meta-analysis is developed to measure the overall effect size of the study, and to guide English instructors accordingly. Stata 14 software is used for the analysis. The results extracted from the 10 papers found overall positive effect of the bimodal subtitling on vocabulary learning among adult EFL learners.