ERIC Number: EJ765518
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0510
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Read the Book, See the Movie, Acquire More English
Cho, Kyung Sook
Reading Improvement, v43 n3 p143-147 Fall 2006
Films in English are extremely challenging for those studying English as a foreign language. In this study, an attempt was made to make an English film more comprehensible by asking subjects to read an abridged version of the novel the film was based on before seeing the film. Subjects reported that reading the book first increased comprehensibility of the film, but see the same film twice did not make it more understandable. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Nonprint Media, English (Second Language), Films, Critical Viewing, Reader Text Relationship, Visual Literacy, English Instruction, English for Academic Purposes, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Material Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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