Insults are prototypical means to express impoliteness in social interactions. In film they are prime ways of staging conflict or jocular abuse, reflecting everyday communicative practices while contributing to the emotionality of dialogue, characterisation and plot advancement. Both original and dubbed films offer a privileged perspective to…

This work deals with a number of issues relating to the multifaceted phenomenon of audiovisual translation. The primary concern of the dissertation is with the evaluation of translation strategies of extralinguistic culture-bound references, in particular, in films dubbed from English (as the source language) into Ukrainian (as the target…

The present contribution focuses on Benigni's auteur film "La vita è bella" (Italy, 1997) as a tool for the development of language competence in L2 English, Spanish and German, as well as of translation skills from Italian into these languages. The project, developed at the CLASS Language Centre at the University for Foreigners of…

Good quality, timely feedback is a key factor to help students achieve their full potential. Increased class sizes have put significant strain on the ability to return work promptly without compromising feedback quality. In the current study, two screencasting technologies were used to produce audiovisual feedback. For essays, Jing was used,…

A variety of commercial feature films and short educational films are reviewed in a brief discussion of the use in films in schools and libraries. (AP)

From special audiovisual supplement, "There's an 8mm in your Future.

From special audiovisual supplement , "There's an 8mm in Your Future.

From special audiovisual supplement, "There's an 8mm in Your Future.

From special audiovisual supplement, "There's an 8mm in Your Future

From special audiovisualsupplement, "There's an 8mm in Your Future.

Three entirely different approaches to different communications needs show how to plan for results and how effective planning helps to keep costs in line. (Author)

From special audiovisual supplement, "There's an 8mm in your Future.