Subtitles and Language Learning

Contents: Robert Vanderplank: Thirty Years of Research into Captions/Same Language Subtitles and Second/Foreign Language Learning: Distinguishing between 'Effects of' Subtitles and 'Effects with' Subtitles for Future Research - Martine Danan: Subtitling as a Language Learning Tool: Past Findings, Current Applications, and Future Paths - Yves Gambier: Subtitles and Language Learning (SLL): Theoretical Background - Cristina Mariotti: A Survey on Stakeholders' Perceptions of Subtitles as a Means to Promote Foreign Language Learning - Patrick Zabalbeascoa/Sara González-Casillas/Rebeca Pascual-Herce: Bringing the SLL Project to Life: Engaging Spanish Teenagers in Learning While Watching Foreign Language Audiovisuals - Stavroula Sokoli: ClipFlair: Foreign Language Learning through Interactive Revoicing and Captioning of Clips - Noa Talaván/José Javier Ávila-Cabrera: First Insights into the Combination of Dubbing and Subtitling as L2 Didactic Tools - Tendai Charles/Danijela Trenkic: Speech Segmentation in a Second Language: The Role of Bi-modal Input - Anna Marzà/Gloria Torralba: Incidental Language Learning through Subtitled Cartoons: Is it Possible in a Dubbing Country? - Paulina Burczynska: Reversed Subtitles as a Powerful Didactic Tool in SLA - Jennifer Lertola: Subtitling in Language Teaching: Suggestions for Language Teachers - Deirdre Kantz: Multimodal Subtitling - A Medical Perspective - Lucilla Lopriore/Maria Angela Ceruti: Subtitling and Language Awareness: A Way and Ways - John D. Sanderson: Caught Red-Handed? Teaching Foreign Idioms with a 'Visual Head' in Subtitled Cartoons.

Yves Gambier is Full Professor in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Turku, Finland. He has published more than 180 articles and edited or co-edited 22 books about audiovisual translation, translation theory, language policy and language planning.
Annamaria Caimi is Associate Professor of English at Pavia University, Italy. She has done research in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and the use of subtitles in language learning. She edited the volume Cinema: Paradiso delle Lingue.
Cristina Mariotti is Assistant Professor of English at Pavia University, Italy. She has done research in English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) and the use of subtitles in language learning. She is the author of Interaction Strategies in English-medium Instruction.