Effects of Captioned Audio in improving English Listening Fluency:  Analysis of Standard and Intralingual Subtitling

Yi He

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Effects of Captioned Audio in improving English Listening Fluency: Analysis of Standard and Intralingual Subtitling

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Effects of Captioned Audio in improving English Listening Fluency: Analysis of Standard and Intralingual Subtitling
Effects of Captioned Audio in improving English Listening Fluency: Analysis of Standard and Intralingual Subtitling
Chengdu Technological University,Sichuan,Chengdu,China,611730
Vol. 4, Issue 1, Pages: 64-70(2023)
Published： 2023 ，
DOI：10.47297/taposatWSP2633-456911.20230401
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YI HE. (2023). Effects of Captioned Audio in improving English Listening Fluency: Analysis of Standard and Intralingual Subtitling. Theory and Practice of Science and Technology, 4(1), 64-70..
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YI HE. (2023). Effects of Captioned Audio in improving English Listening Fluency: Analysis of Standard and Intralingual Subtitling. Theory and Practice of Science and Technology, 4(1), 64-70.. DOI： 10.47297/taposatWSP2633-456911.20230401.

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Abstract

To improve listening fluency

and foreign or second language learning

there are various multimedia resources could be used as learning materials. In particular

adding captions to these authentic English resources is becoming noticeable popular in recent years

which is generally deemed to effectively improve L2 listening comprehension and fluency

and considered to make a contribution to vocabulary acquisition. These common opinions led to extensive research on captions. However

most studies prefer to focus on the subtitled audio-visual materials rather than investigate into subtitled audio-alone programs. In this study

it paid attention to the latter one and designed a matching selection experiment. Participants listened to English sentences with standard and intralingual subtitles

in which there were four matching conditions

including audio-subtitle matched condition

and audio-subtitle noun

verb

adjective mismatched conditions. Then they made responses to in total 48 sentences. The reaction accuracy and response time were measured and analysed. The results indicated that intralingual subtitles have more benefits in English listening. In contrast

Chinese subtitles would play a dominant role and lead interference to English learning. Moreover

verbs were relatively low possibility to be acquired during the subtitled audio condition.

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Keywords

SubtitleCaptioned audioBilingualListening fluency

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