Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1996
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Barbara Schwarte
Abstract
Television as a Valuable Tool for Language Learning
Television has been touted by many to be beneficial for second language learners for several reasons: (1) it allows the learner to receive aural and visual clues; (2) it enables cultural awareness and sociolinguistic language- knowledge; (3) it allows the viewer to observe the second language in an almost real-life communicative situation; (4) with no fear of forced production as in the classroom, there is less anxiety, which should allow for lowering of the affective filter, thus allowing for comprehensible input (Krashen, 1985).
The Innovation in Closed Captioning
As of July 1, 1993, yet another aspect of this medium is now readily available. To comply with a federal law, all television sets over thirteen inches in size that are sold in the United States, whether imported or locally manufactured, must contain the necessary device for decoding closed captioned programs. Originally closed captioning was developed for the hearing-impaired, but for a number of years it has been used in the United States as an aid for teaching English reading to hearing students. Presently closed captioned programs are transmitted over eight hundred hours per week, showing a doubling in the amount of time since 1990 (Parks, 1994).
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-5287
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu
Copyright Owner
Sarah Rose Zamoon
Copyright Date
1996
Language
en
Date Available
May 11, 2013
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
100 pages
Recommended Citation
Zamoon, Sarah Rose, "Closed captioned television: a perceived means to self-help in second language learning" (1996). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 60.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/60
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, First and Second Language Acquisition Commons, Television Commons