| Commentary and Explanations: Most of this site concerns: using subtitled video in an educational setting. However, there are several basic underlying principals that I would like you to keep in mind as you explore this site: | | 1) Subtitling can impact literacy and reading fluency across a very broad spectrum of the population; there is evidence that it is effective on any educational level and at any age. (See Kothari, D'Yedewalle & McCall research) | | 2) The more dynamic and accurate the subtitling the stronger the impact on literacy and language acquisition. The activities on this site can be done with the closed-captioned subtitling that is available on most television and DVD video and can be done with any media format -- however in my experience: | -- the stronger the impact on reading growth.
| 3) Given just the results of Kothari's study: | | 4) Subtitling your media is a very powerful communication tool. - There are many programs that can easily add dynamic subtitling to audio or video media presentations.
- Most of my classroom presentations were made using Karafun.
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| In looking at these examples please remember: | | The Music/Video should be repeated 3 or more times(Repetition is important) | The Music/Video should be done with worksheet activity (Physical engagement is important) | | Also remember: These samples have been highly compressed and shortened to under 29 seconds and are not near as good as the originals that we use in class. To get the full impact, experiment with good projection equipment, Musical DVDs and Karafun Player. |
| These samples were prepared by my students and are intended for educational purposes. |
Please note: - That in the SLS format, 'subtitling' refers to the high quality captioning of the audio model in the same language as the audio model.
- There are many different terms for types of subtitling: Captioning, Closed-Captioning, Subtitling, Titling, Surtitling, Read-a-long, Sing-a-long, Karaoke, etc, etc.
- There is also a very wide range in quality of the audio to visual synchronization -- how well does the 'visual representation' match the 'audio model'?
- SLS attempts to use high quality Karaoke-style captioning technologies to strengthen the relationship between the audio and visual representations of language. Music and engagement activities (such as Cloze Worksheets) provide the reward and the repetitions --the teacher then shapes the activity to target a students' needs!
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This site is not intended to be a library of SLS materials. I would like to promote the use of the SLS format by the Entertainment and Education Industries. If the SLS format were added to all commercially available media (that targets children thru young adults); I believe there would be a corresponding impact on literacy. However, there needs to be much more experimentation by researchers and educators, and promotion for this format to gain widespread acceptance. |
| These samples were prepared by my students and are intended for educational purposes. |
| In looking at these examples please remember: | | The Music/Video should be repeated 3 or more times(Repetition is important) | The Music/Video should be done with worksheet activity (Physical engagement is important) | | Also remember: These samples have been highly compressed and shortened to under 29 seconds and are not near as good as the originals that we use in class. To get the full impact, experiment with good projection equipment, Musical DVDs and Karafun Player. |
| These samples were prepared by my students and are intended for educational purposes. |
Please note: - That in the SLS format, 'subtitling' refers to the high quality captioning of the audio model in the same language as the audio model.
- There are many different terms for types of subtitling: Captioning, Closed-Captioning, Subtitling, Titling, Surtitling, Read-a-long, Sing-a-long, Karaoke, etc, etc.
- There is also a very wide range in quality of the audio to visual synchronization -- how well does the 'visual representation' match the 'audio model'?
- SLS attempts to use high quality Karaoke-style captioning technologies to strengthen the relationship between the audio and visual representations of language. Music and engagement activities (such as Cloze Worksheets) provide the reward and the repetitions --the teacher then shapes the activity to target a students' needs!
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| Students can also make the subtitled media projects themselves for classroom use. This is an extreamly engaging, highly educational activity for students and will rapidly expand your classroom library of dynamically subtitled media.  - Students can make subtitled media projects
- This is an extreamly engaging and educational activity
- this will help expand your library of SLS media.
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This site is not intended to be a library of SLS materials. I would like to promote the use of the SLS format by the Entertainment and Education Industries. If the SLS format were added to all commercially available media (that targets children thru young adults); I believe there would be a corresponding impact on literacy. However, there needs to be much more experimentation by researchers and educators, and promotion for this format to gain widespread acceptance. |
| These samples were prepared by my students and are intended for educational purposes. |
| These samples were prepared by my students and are intended for educational purposes. |
Students can also make the subtitled media projects themselves for classroom use. This is an extreamly engaging, highly educational activity for students and will rapidly expand your classroom library of dynamically subtitled media. 
- Students can make subtitled media projects
- This is an extreamly engaging and educational activity
- this will help expand your library of SLS media.
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