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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Patrick 11/9/10 Contrast Essay Outline “Batman and Superman” DC Comic’s top two characters‚ Batman and Superman‚ are two of America’s most beloved superheroes. Batman and Superman’s alter egos‚ their different abilities‚ and the way they fight crime are the main points of difference between these two juggernauts of the comic book world. Batman and Superman use alter egos with very different lifestyles to hide their superhero identities. Batman is known as Bruce Wayne during the day. Bruce
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Frank Miller’s main goal in writing Batman Year one‚ was to reexamine the characters origin story. As a result‚ he created a comic book that reflected the world we lived in‚ and offer a critique and on the mental and social impacts of our society Miller creates a familiar world in the imaginary place of Gotham. Gotham has always represented New York‚ but in Batman Year one the similarities are more obvious. The police department is filled with corruption‚ and there are numerous gangs on the streets
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Three "Larger-Than-Life" Gangsters Gangster movies have always appealed to a large public crowd through its central theme of its characters being "larger-than-life. Their interactions‚ demeanors‚ and even appearances attracted those who wished to live the dangerous yet luxurious lifestyle. Beyond these simple understandings of the movie‚ however‚ directors of these gangster movies insert far more profound cues and details. The way the characters spend their money‚ create a first impression‚
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it about scary movies that is so appealing to us? Of course‚ cinematic fear is fleeting. It cannot touch our surface of reality. Therefore‚ we love horror movies. Fear is a popular and common theme in books and movies. But in reality‚ fear hardly touches many of our lives. It is a distant feeling that we mentally grasp but emotionally are oblivious to. Horror movies temporarily create that emotional experience without devastating consequences. there are a lot of kind of horror movies and here i am
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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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The Effects of Horror Movies on Children By Timothy Sexton‚ eHow Contributor The implicit‚ and often explicit‚ intention of horror movies is to scare people. The fright engendered by horror movies can have residual psychological effects for years. Two studies‚ "Tales from the Screen: Enduring Fright Reactions to Scary Media" and another‚ funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)‚ both concluded that exposure horror movies may have long-lasting adverse effects on children. 1. Anxiety
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How is mise-en-scene utilised to convey meaning within Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan‚ 2005)? Mise-en-scene refers to the director’s control of what appears in the frame. It includes those aspects of film that overlap with the art of the theatre: setting‚ lighting‚ costume‚ and the behaviour of the figures (Bordwell and Thompson‚ 2008‚ p. 112). Each of these aspects can be used to convey meaning‚ whether explicit‚ implicit or symptomatic. The director controls these aspects‚ in concert with
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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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