“Hi, I think this is such an effective method for improving reading skills in a language. I would like to share my experience in this area here. I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer at a Primary Teachers College in Uganda. I found that the majority of the teacher trainees (ages 19-22) had poor English language reading skills. I started screening for them the Hollywood movies from my collection with the English subtitles turned on. I could actually observe a vast improvement in their reading skills by the end of the term. I believe this method worked because they were trying to follow a piece of dialog in full in the context of a plot. I started adding to the repertoire other language movies (such as Japanese, Farsi, and Hindi) with English subtitles turned on. This really reinforced the skills they had gained with the same language subtitling. They could actually recount/recite some vital pieces of the dialog verbatim (which they had read in English as the titles flashed by) from these foreign language movies! Again, it worked because the movie/plot line drove the reading, not some dull context-less exercise. I consider this part should be a follow-up supplement and indeed could be a way to measure the progress gained in the Same Language Subtitles regimen. Thanks.”

Reva Chandrasekaran
USA
July 02 2010 | 03:59 hrs.

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India
May 05 2010 | 08:25 hrs.

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Taiwan
March 28 2010 | 06:01 hrs.

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March 16 2010 | 12:38 hrs.

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India
February 04 2010 | 13:15 hrs.

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Canada
December 30 2009 | 16:40 hrs.

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India
November 10 2009 | 02:25 hrs.

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November 05 2009 | 06:04 hrs.

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October 26 2009 | 04:12 hrs.

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Rich
United States
July 15 2009 | 20:40 hrs.

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Qatar
November 20 2008 | 08:40 hrs.

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Argentina
October 07 2008 | 03:15 hrs.

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El Salvador
August 14 2008 | 17:48 hrs.

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Qatar
July 30 2008 | 11:26 hrs.

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United States
July 08 2008 | 17:26 hrs.