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Direct linkStewart, Melissa A.; Pertusa, Inmaculada – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
In an effort to facilitate students' understanding of films in the target language, many instructors turn to films with English subtitles. Viewing films subtitled in English does not encourage learners to use their previously acquired listening skills, but rather allows them to rely on reading English instead of making the extra effort required to…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Foreign Language Films, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Techniques
Watkins, Beverly T. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
Combined with a computer, videodisks of foreign films are helping second-language students at the University of Pennsylvania learn two neglected skills, listening and looking. The combination of attractive visual and linguistic information and fast pace stimulates vocabulary acquisition. The program has prepared 20 interactive videodiscs in 6…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Language Films, Higher Education
