Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/vol14num1/winkegasssydorenko.pdf February 2010‚ Volume 14‚ Number 1 pp. 65–86 THE EFFECTS OF CAPTIONING VIDEOS USED FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING ACTIVITIES1 Paula Winke‚ Susan Gass‚ and Tetyana Sydorenko Michigan State University This study investigated the effects of captioning during video-based listening activities. Second- and fourth-year learners of Arabic‚ Chinese‚ Spanish‚ and Russian watched three short videos with and without captioning
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SILENT MOVIES Talk to people who saw films for the first time when they were silent‚ and they will tell you the experience was magic. The silent film‚ with music‚ had extraordinary powers to draw an audience into the story‚ and an equally potent capacity to make their imagination work. They had to supply the voices and the sound effects‚ and because their minds were engaged‚ they appreciated the experience all the more. The audience was the final creative contributor to the process of making a film
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Movies: Why the fascination? Why are we as a society so fascinated with horror? There is evidence found throughout the history of every culture around the world depicting evil and terror in various forms. Chilling stories of ghosts‚ demons‚ and the waking dead have been retold around campfires. There have been numerous tales of strange creatures‚ shape shifters‚ and various monsters that have been passed down from generation to generation. It seems to be an insatiable urge that is shared
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Silent Money Makers How has product placement came to be such an important factor on television and in the movies today? Why is it that when we are watching a movie‚ we see all of these random products we’re familiar with? Product placement began in the nineteenth century. It has been used more and more ever since. Product placement is quite frequently used in just about every movie that has came out and every TV show that has aired in the 21st century. “Increasingly‚ product placement in the multibillion
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It is a well known fact that block busters contain a high level of violence. There is no wonder why people ask themselves:"why"or"what for". It is‚ as if lately‚ films are not succesfull enough unles there is no fighting of shooting. Unfortunately‚ there have benn hundreds of cases in which youngsters have taken the example of their role models in the films and have commited acts of violence‚even crimes. Despite this fact‚ violence is still on screen‚ in an even higher proportion‚ as if the films
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In text 1‚ demands a police officer‚ Hogan-Howe‚ to change the legislation. After Ellie’s dead‚ could hundreds of people hand out their dog to the police for a legally procedure. “As a result there are now 200 fewer illegal dangerous dogs in Merseyside”5 The animal-behavior expert‚ Victoria Stilwell‚ explains that if your dog kills someone‚ you should face jail. But she wants allow that we see all rottweilers or pit bulls as killers. She believes that the cocktail of playfully children and dogs
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be particularly susceptible to the influencing powers of the media‚ opening an avenue where media created especially for children can indoctrinate entire generations. Disney movies‚ like all other media “are powerful vehicles for certain notions about our culture‚” such as racism. (Giroux 32). Racist scenes in Disney movies are often identified as simply being “symbols of the time” when the films were produced. Furthermore‚ Disney racism is often passed over as simple humor‚ or as a simple guide
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prior to seeing the film. Ferguson has done multiple studies on the effects of violent movies on individuals. In one of his studies‚ he compared the homicide rates from 1920 to 2005 and the violence portrayed in the films during each respective time period. He found that there was no correlation between these two events (Blaszczak-Boxe 1). These studies show that violent impulses are within every individual and movies are no the explanation for our violent
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‘’impact of Indian movies on Pakistani youth’’ it is stated that Indian actors and Indian movies are very much popular in Pakistani youth. In Pakistan the Bollywood movies are very much famous and the real reason of Indian movies popularity is the step by step downward of our Pakistani showbiz industry. It is said that Urdu language became famous all over the world because of Indian Movies. Indian movies are promoting Indian culture and you would obviously know that all the Indian movies are based on Hindu
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development are recreational activities‚ especially the movies. Many people may ask‚ why are movies becoming more and more popular all over the world? As a movie lover I hold the idea that an increasing number of people choose to watch movies to entertain themselves‚ release stress from work‚ and make friends. First of all‚ there are many different types of movies to attract people with different interests. For example‚ if someone likes scary movies‚ what he may do is to call some of his friends‚ tell
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