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 in randomized order. Spanish learners had two additional groups: one watched the videos twice with no captioning‚ and another watched them twice with captioning. After the second showing of the video‚ learners took comprehension and vocabulary tests based on the video. Twenty-six learners participated in interviews following
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music videos to commercials to teen movies: one cannot turn on his television without seeing a scantily clad woman or two people engaging in some type of foreplay. Even on game shows there is commonly a female co-host who wears next to nothing. Moreover‚ besides a pornographic movie or a special on HBO‚ one can find more than enough sex in a teen movie. These films contain teenage sex symbols who cannot act more than the "common man." Yet‚ it seems as if these movies are quite popular. They more often
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Hangover was released on June 5‚ 2009‚ followed by the The Hangover Part II on May 26‚ 2011 and The Hangover Part III on May 24‚ 2013. 7. Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy drama film. The film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen’s slacker character and Heigl’s just-promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy. =================CLASSIC/DRAMA================== 1. The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written
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St. Xavier’s College Maitighar‚ Kathmandu Case study on Management Information System Of Araniko Multi-purpose Co-operative Limited By Ankit Khanal[01] Binod Bhattarai[02] Anish Kumar Shrestha[21] Amitabh Kumar Kushuwa[22] Submitted to Department of Computer Science November‚ 2011 Case study on Management Information System Of Araniko Multi-purpose Co-operative Limited by Ankit Khanal Binod Bhattarai Anish Kumar Shrestha
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law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. Unfortunately‚ many of the practices of the Jehovah’s Witness violate this law. These include; not voting‚ not celebrating Remembrance Day‚ not standing for the national anthem‚ and refusal to transfuse blood. They are also notorious for their recruitment tactics. Many practices of the Jehovah’s Witness could be considered unpatriotic or treasonous. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in “Christian
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The Effects of Censorship of Music and Movies An act of violence that is completed by individuals is not being done because of what the individuals saw on T.V. or what he or she listened to‚ it is because the individuals must clearly have issues with someone or something to cause them to be violent. Censorship can not stop this from happening. Censoring music and movies is not a necessary factor in trying to limit the violence in society due to the fact that there is no actual proof of these
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Discuss the central concerns and themes of Witness and how various film techniques are used to in closing scenes of the movie. Witness is a Hollywood film that was directed by Peter Weir in 1985. It’s a story about an Amish boy who witnesses a murder on his trip to the big city. Weir in the closing scenes is able to show through different themes‚ various techniques of sound‚ camera and lighting to correspond the Amish community‚ their connection to the land and disconnection from society. The
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There are many sports related injuries each year. “There are a reported 715‚000 high school sports-related injuries experienced each year‚ and 8‚000 children are treated in emergency rooms each day for sports related injuries” (“Fifteen Ways Parents Can Help Prevent Sports Related Injuries”). Sports are not always harmful but can be. To limit sports injuries‚ people will have to work together to educate each other‚ maintain their fitness‚ and enforce new laws and rules. One of the first ways to
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Disney movies at a very young age. Due to the fact that children often choose role models to look up too‚ it is reasonable to assume that they often aspire to be just like their favourite Disney characters. Since the majority of young‚ female characters within Disney movies are expected to portray the stereotypical roles of women‚ this can have a negative impact on young girls who grow up watching Disney movies. The stereotypical roles that are portrayed by the female characters in Disney movies include:
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The most important issues the US is facing right now is gun-related violence. There have been a lot of gun-related incidents for decades‚ but in the last few years they have become much more frequent‚ as pointed out by the Gun Violence Archive. And now people are paying more attention to the problem of gun-related incidents and the gun regulations‚ especially after the shooting in Charleston‚ South Carolina on June 17th this year. A research done by University of Sydney estimated that there about
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