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Download full textAlm, Antonie – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The expansion of the "Netflix" TV-network around the globe has made foreign language films and TV-series accessible for formal and informal language learning experiences. As students in educational settings are starting to engage in informal second language (L2) "Netflix" viewing, it is time that new pedagogical approaches…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Television, Programming
Direct linkWebb, Stuart; Rodgers, Michael P. H. – Language Learning, 2009
This study investigated vocabulary coverage and the number of encounters of low-frequency vocabulary in television programs. Eighty-eight television programs consisting of 264,384 running words were categorized according to genre. Television shows were classified as either British or American and then put into the following genres: news, drama,…
Descriptors: Nouns, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Television
Ecke, Peter – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2008
In this article, I review the options that teachers and students have to obtain German TV in the U.S.: through satellite and cable networks and by streaming, downloading, or recording TV programs through the internet. I also address how one can access TV programs over the air in the German-speaking countries by using a notebook PC and TV card.
Descriptors: German, Television, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Savvopoulos, Anastasios; Virvou, Maria – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: The elderly are often unfamiliar with computer technology and can encounter great difficulties. Moreover, the terms used in such systems may prove to be a challenge for these users. The aim of this research is to tutor the elderly on using an adaptive e-shop system in order to buy products easily. Design/methodology/approach: In view of…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Tutoring, Adult Education, Educational Technology
Hoffner, Helen; Baker, Eileen; Quinn, Kathleen Benson – Reading Teacher, 2008
Students of various ages and abilities can increase their comprehension and build vocabulary with the help of a new technology, Descriptive Video. Descriptive Video (also known as described programming) was developed to give individuals with visual impairments access to visual media such as television programs and films. Described programs,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Visual Impairments, Videotape Recorders, Programming
Cheng, Winnie; Warren, Martin – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2006
This paper presents an analysis of the potential problems of importing media communication in the form of a television programme from another culture. In Hong Kong, as elsewhere in the world, the local television companies frequently buy successful television programmes from, for example, the USA or Britain with the expectation that they will be…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Television
Kenny, Colum – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2005
This paper examines, in their social context, the origins and history of TG4. It notes that TG4 broadcasts mainly but by no means exclusively in the Irish language, being one of the Republic of Ireland's four national terrestrial television services and one of three operated under the umbrella of the state-owned RTE. The paper focuses on the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Irish
Caruana, Sandro – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2006
Malta has experienced various linguistic influences over the course of time. Maltese and English are presently the official languages of the island. Nevertheless, Italian was never completely erased from the Maltese linguistic scene and over the past years its popularity has increased considerably because of the influence of Italian television…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Television, Multilingualism
Baptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
