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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Situational Ethics in the film "Windtalkers" The film "Windtalkers"‚ starring Nicholas Cage‚ is a movie about World War II and Navajo Americans who played a big role in the American victory. Out on the battlefield‚ important messages and coordinates of where to bomb the enemy were sent out over the radio. The enemy could hear the radio transmissions being sent out by the Americans. The American soldiers would try to talk in a code to keep their messages secret‚ but the enemy would find a way
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The following experiment is intended to prove the concept of the Keshe Plasma Generator. Please Join Us At: www.TheNewEnergyIndustry.com The following experiment was designed by M.T. Keshe Nuclear Physicist and Engineer‚ and is intended to prove the concept of the Keshe Plasma Generator. Video of M.T. Keshe conducting this experiment are below. Video: Animated simulation of Keshe Plasma Generator. 2 Like to the Keshe Foundation Website/Plasma Generator http://www.keshefoundation.org/fr/applications/energy
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Arbitrary waveform generator using FPGA supervised by Prof.Dr.Mohy El Din Abo Elsoud ‚ Dr.mohamed Saber 1 Acknowledgments Thanks to Allah first and foremost : We would like to extend a special thanks to Prof . Mohy Eldin Abo Elsoud and Dr.Mohamed saber our supervisors ‚ For their continuous Support ‚ They guided us through all of our work ‚ Also were very patient in hearing our problems ‚ They always provided us with easy ‚ yet creative solutions for any road blocks . we ran into We have learnt
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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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W orking : This is a simple function generator circuit that can produce thefollowing waveforms: square wave‚ triangular wave‚ and sinewave.The circuit’s main components are four 741 IC’s. The 741 is aop-amp IC. The first op amp in Figure is configured as anastablemultivibrator‚ which continuously generates a squarewave. Assume that C3 has no charge initially. The voltage at theinverting input is zero‚ while the voltage at the non-inverting inputis very slightly positive (a ratio of the op amp’s
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March 17‚ 2014 Movies vs Literature People often read book or watch movies for entertainment in their spare time. Since movies have been invented‚ the use of book has been declined very much. Movies are a better medium form of storytelling than literature. A film present series of action‚ emotion‚ and brings audience into the story in a much more lively way than reading books can produce. Films are also more time convenient and enjoyable. Visually‚ movies are more appealing than literature
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Case #1: Movies Why aren’t you going to the movies? No good movies Too expensive Bad experience Other ways to see movies Better things to do for the $ Better experience at home What would make you go back to the movies? Lower ticket price Food/beer Group discount Cheaper Loyalty/Reward Older movies Marketing (limited) Better location Better seats Better technology Better plots/TV Content Hit Books make movies from those No Ads Better Customer Service Tell people to be quiet if they are loud
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enjoying something truly thrilling is not a lot. Horror movies or series may be the most convenient and easy way to experience the horror. Many of my friends love watching horror movies. One of them told me that Horror is the most typical art in the 20th century. A good horror movie brought viewer an unusual psychological experience. It filled with indescribable fear and surprises. Actually I don’t really understand them. I hate watching any horror movies because I am scared and couldn’t sleep well in the
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