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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Whether its 0311 Infantry or Navy Seal there has been a push for women to serve in these positions but not without great resistance. It is thought that women are not as mentally and physically tough as men and that they should not have to see the horrors of war. There is also the debate about lowering standards for Infantry for women to be able to join‚ This is what Dr. Paul Davis an exercise scientist “Humping a hundred pounds‚ man‚ that ain’t easy‚ and it remains the defining physical requirement
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Raven Devera November 2‚ 2010 Communications Informative Outline Childhood Obesity in America General Purpose: To inform my audience about childhood obesity. Central Idea: To really see the effects of childhood obesity I have to inform my audience about the causes‚ long-term effects‚ and the solutions. I. Introduction a. (http://www.peoples-health.com/childhood_obesity_facts.htm ) Did you know that children have a higher risk of being diagnosed with liver diseases‚ orthopedic
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Informative Writing Anirudh Ahuja 9G Pathways World School Topic: Animal Experimentation More than 100 million animals are poisoned‚ burned‚ crippled and abused in other ways in U.S labs each year. None of the experiments which are performed are illegal‚ no matter how cruel it is. Even when alternatives besides animals are available‚ the law doesn’t require that they should be used. 92 percent of animals of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human trials because
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The Horrors of Concentration Camps In 1933‚ Adolf Hitler lead a deadly regime that led to the Holocaust. His plan was to kill anyone that was unfit to the Aryan race including Jews‚ gypsies‚ and mentally ill people. Undesirables were forced to work in brutal concentration camps where they were malnourished‚ tortured‚ and worked in inhumane conditions. The most notorious camp was Auschwitz which had three parts named Auschwitz One‚ Birkenau‚ and Monowitz. Auschwitz One was the largest camp‚ with
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Max Breslau & Emily Phillips Communication 103 Informative Speech Outline October 7‚ 2014 Organization of the School System Entry level schooling begins from the ages of 1-6. Following the age of 6‚ compulsory level education lasts eleven years (17 years of age). After lower level education is completed‚ two years of upper level schooling is required. Two options are provided to fulfill upper division courses: general education prepares the student for higher education‚ while vocational education
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To get the right feel of a poem or the overall theme‚ you must be able to understand what the poet is trying to reveal to you. Luckily I understood very well what the poet was trying to communicate when I read “egg horror poem”‚ by Laurel Winter. I believe that Winter wanted to make the reader feel as if they were one of the eggs‚ feeling all of the suspenseful emotions that come with being an egg‚ she does this by using imagery words‚ voice‚ and her ideas. This involves making me feel like I am
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Some say fiction is more enjoyable than watching movies. Although it is true that reading book will help people expand their certain level of vocabulary and glossaries‚ I believe that watching movie will appreciate the story line comprehensively and it is more efficient watching movie rather than reading book. In this essay‚ I will briefly illustrate two significant reasons to support my preference. Most of all‚ I believe that movies express its’ story more lively than reading fiction
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Essay 2: Informative (500-750 words) Complete paper copy for peer review due in class on Wednesday‚ March 4 Final copy due in dropbox on eCampus by class time on Monday‚ March 9 BLENDED CLASS: Upload draft to turnitin.com by 11:59pm on March 5 & Complete peer review by 11:59pm on March 6. Final draft due on turnitin.com by 4:15pm on March 9 For your Informative Essay‚ you will choose a research question you would like to—but do not currently – know the answer to. This essay is meant to be neutral
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