[Discuss] protecting kids online

[sronan at panix.com (Stephen Ronan)]

Thanks! Related to your last observation, I see this in an 
informative 2010 Boston Globe article:

"But even as far back as the early 1990s, there was some research 
support for the idea that television subtitles can improve 
reading skills. Finland, for example, a country that has 
repeatedly placed first on education rankings created by the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has 
attributed much of its educational success to captions. For 
several decades now, Finland has chosen to subtitle its foreign 
language television programs (in Finnish) instead of dubbing over 
them. As a result, Finnish high school students read better than 
students from European countries that dub their TV programs. They 
are also more proficient at English."
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/09/19/watch_and_learn/?page=2

   - Stephen

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Richard Pieri wrote:

> Stephen Ronan wrote:
>> I'd be curious for any thoughts/experience list members have had.
>
> I can't speak to the educational qualities of captioned video. There are two 
> things that I can say.
>
> The first is that, after having spent countless hours watching "Sesame 
> Street" and "The Electric Company" whilst growing up, having grammar and 
> arithmetic written out on screen does have a positive effect on learning.
>
> The second is that, after having spent many more countless hours (I think -- 
> I didn't count) watching non-English films with English subtitles, reading 
> along with subtitles does take more mental effort than listening to the same 
> dialog in English.
>
> -- 
> Rich P.
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