Learn a Language Watching TV: Scientifically Proven Strategies (from a linguist's perspective)

Do you like watching movies and TV series? And are you trying to learn a foreign language? Then this video is for you!
I discuss what the science of second language learning has to say about this method of study and the scientifically proven strategies that you can use to make your TV watching moments even more effective for learning!
EDIT: Madagascar IS in Africa, what I really meant is that in the movie Madagascar they were sent to some country in Africa like Kenya and ended up in Madagascar 😅
VIDEO CONTENTS
00:00 Intro
00:58 Immersion as a Learning Strategy
02:04 What I mean by "Watching TV"
03:22 Does it really work?
06:29 Why does it work? Learning Factors
12:05 Vocabulary vs Grammar Learning
13:14 How to actually do it? Strategies to learn watching TV
13:25 Intentional vs Incidental Learning
18:00 Proficiency levels and TV watching
20:56 Strategy 1: Using subtitles
31:01 Strategy 2: Movie Genres
35:22 Strategy 3: Related movies and episodes
37:31 Strategy 4: Preparation tasks
39:58 Strategy 5: Shadowing
41:50 Strategy 6: Songs in the movie/series
42:37 Conclusion
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- RESEARCH SOURCES-
1. Bahrani T., Shu Sim T. (2011) "Techonology and Language Learning: Exposure to TV and Radio News and Speaking Proficiency". Kritika Kultura, 17, p. 144-160 Available at: journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/index...
2. Webb S. (2015) "Extensive Viewing: Language Learning through Watching Television". In: Language Learning Beyond the Classroom, p. 159-168
3. Muñoz C., Pujadas G. (2019) "Extensive viewing of captioned and subtitled TV series: A study of L2 vocabulary learning by adolescents". Language Learning Journal, p. 479-496. DOI:10.1080/09571736.2019.1616806
4. Laenen A., Lommel S. (2006) "Foreign-grammar acquisition while watching subtitled television programmes". British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76, p. 243-258.
5. D'Ydewalle G., Poel M. V. (1999) "Incidental Foreign-Language Acquisition by Children Watching Subtitled Television Programs". Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, v. 28, p. 227-244. Available at: link.springer.com/article/10....
6. D'Ydewalle G., Lommel S. (2006) "Foreign-grammar acquisition while watching subtitled television programmes". British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76.
7. Hoogeveen, M. J. (1995) "Towards a new multimedia paradigm: is multimedia assisted instruction really effective?". Conference: Proceedings of ED-MEDIA '95. Available here: www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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