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TeenTitles. Implementation of a methodology based on Teenage subTitles to improve written skills
(PUV. Universitat de València, 2019-01-14) Ávila Cabrera, José Javier; Sanderson, John D.; Botella Tejera, Carla
Audiovisual translation in the foreign languages (L2) classroom is gaining ground both among scholars and language teachers. Owing to the low level of foreign language ability shown by a considerable number of students in Spain, new methodologies need to be implemented to teach English in secondary schools. The present chapter focuses on interlingual subtitling as an active task to improve students’ written English skills. This quasi-experiment was carried out in a secondary school in the north of Madrid and concerned students in the third grade (i.e. the 14-15 year age group). A control and an experimental group were evaluated on the basis of a composition written in English and submitted at the end of term using written assessment criteria. The experimental group had a number of interlingual subtitling classes and used the open access website Amara, which enables users to subtitle videos in L2. The participants also filled in a preand post-study questionnaire so that the researcher could obtain some qualitative data. This study was carried out to provide teachers and researchers with a number of recommendations and a good practice guide to enable teenage students to improve their L2 written skills using active subtitling as a teaching method.