The Effect of Subtitling on Vocabulary Comprehension and Acquisition by Polish Students of Spanish as a Foreign Language Cover Image

Efectos de la subtitulación en la comprensión y adquisición del léxico en estudiantes polacos de ELE
The Effect of Subtitling on Vocabulary Comprehension and Acquisition by Polish Students of Spanish as a Foreign Language

Author(s): Leticia López Martínez
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: learning Spanish as a foreign language; subtitling; subtitles; vocabulary acquisition; audiovisual media

Summary/Abstract: Watching media with subtitles at this time when streaming platforms have gone into our lives, have become a habit for a lot of people’s daily live. We consider this as an opportunity for students of Spanish to continue practicing the language once they are not in the classroom. These platforms provide subtitles in many languages and this tool might be helpful when studying a new one. Given that there is scarce data in this line of research, this study seeks to contribute to it by demonstrating that viewing media may improve de vocabulary acquisition (apart from other skills) and proving that subtitles may help in this process.

  • Issue Year: 68/2020
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 205-220
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Spanish