This study investigated the potential of discipline‐related television programs as sources for incidental learning of specialized vocabulary used in university lectures and seminars. First, a Medical Spoken Word List (MSWL) of 895 specialized word types was developed from a 556,074‐word corpus of medical lectures and seminars based on a mixed method: corpus‐driven analysis, specialized dictionary checking, and expert ratings. Then, an 11,036,771‐word corpus of 37 medical television programs was developed and analyzed to examine the extent to which the MSWL words were encountered in these programs. Adopting 5 encounters or more, 10 encounters or more, 15 encounters or more, and 20 encounters or more as the frequency cutoff points at which incidental learning may happen, this study found that the number of MSWL words that met these cutoff points increased as the number of episodes, seasons, and programs increased. This indicates that discipline‐related television programs are potential sources for incidental learning of specialized vocabulary used in lectures and seminars if these programs are watched regularly and in a sequential order.

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通过观看与学科相关的电视节目，学习大学讲座和研讨会专业词汇的潜力：来自医疗语料库的见解

这项研究调查了与学科有关的电视节目作为大学讲座和研讨会中偶然词汇学习的来源的潜力。首先，基于一种混合方法：语料库驱动的分析，专门的词典检查和专家评级，从556,074个单词的医学讲座和研讨会的语料库中开发出895个专业单词类型的“医学语言单词列表”（MSWL）。然后，开发并分析了一个11,077,771个单词的语料库，其中包含37个医疗电视节目，以检查这些节目中遇到MSWL单词的程度。将5次或以上，10次或以上，15次或以上，20次或以上作为发生偶然学习的频率截止点，这项研究发现，随着情节，季节和节目数量的增加，达到这些临界点的MSWL单词的数量也会增加。这表明，与课程相关的电视节目如果定期和连续观看，可能是偶然学习讲座和研讨会中使用的专业词汇的潜在来源。