Foreign Subtitles Improve Speech Perception
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 14:21
in Psychology & Sociology
You can improve your second-language listening ability by watching the movie with subtitles -- as long as these subtitles are in the same language as the film. Subtitles in one's native language, the default in some European countries, may actually be counter-productive to learning to understand foreign speech, according to a new study.