Captioned Media in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Robert Vanderplank is Director of Oxford University Language Centre and a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, where he is also Director of the Kellogg College Centre for the Study of Lifelong Language Learning and maintains the LARA database on language attrition research (www.lara.ox.ac.uk). His research interests and publications include television and language learning, listening comprehension, learner strategies, language testing and assessment, language maintenance and attrition, and learner autonomy.

“This book addresses a much debated topic in the research on foreign language teaching and learning: the role of captioned audiovisuals for educational purposes. … The book can also offer valuable insights to independent learners who wish to study or practice foreign languages by means of captioned multimedia tools.” (Annamaria Caimi, TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 51(4), December, 2017)“I found the book very informative, well organised, and easy to read. Vanderplank's work remains fresh and relevant, and the volume will be of great interest to students and researchers interested in L2 learning, as well as practicing language teachers and teacher trainees.” (Danijela Trenkic, System, Vol. 65, April, 2017)

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Some essential themes in building the case for captions in language learning.- 3. The value of closed captions and teletext subtitles for language learning.- 4. The State of the Art I: Selected research on listening comprehension and vocabulary acquisition.- 5.  The State of the Art II: Selected research on other issues in watching captioned TV, films and video.- 6. Focus on genres: The practical uses and limitations of different types of programmes.- 7. The EURECAP Project.- 8. The developing environment for language learning: a new audience and the revised model of language learning with captions.- 9. Conclusion.