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Second or foreign language learning through watching audio-visual input and the role of on-screen text Universiteit Gent
Watch and Learn?! Five studies into the use and effectiveness of captioned video for L2 listening comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. KU Leuven
This thesis, which is organized around five empirical research studies, aims at investigating how video can be enriched in order to support second language (L2) learners listening comprehension and the cognitive processes that are involved in L2 vocabulary acquisition. In this dissertation, we focus on the use and effectiveness of different types of L2 subtitles or captioning (i.e. both the on-screen text and the video are presented in the L2) ...
The role of auditory description in comprehension of demonstrators Universiteit Antwerpen
Demonstrator can be described as a versatile concept combining design, art and engineering and can be used in many aspects from decision-making to creating an impact on different innovation markets. This paper focuses on a communication side of a demonstrator on the example of one recently designed for a local research institute Flanders Make to highlight advantages of their new optimization algorithm. A pilot study was conducted to evaluate how ...
Political billboards as contact zones : reflections on Urban Space, the Visual and Political Affect in Kabila’s Kinshasa KU Leuven
The chapter draws on fieldwork dealing with the intertwinement of media production and politics in contemporary Kinshasa. Here, I mainly focus on billboards that convey a political message. Since the take off of the Visibility program (as Joseph Kabila’s propaganda program is called), Kinois have observed a gradual increase of Kabila’s portraits in the city space. The billboards focus, just like media clips and advertisements in the written and ...
The lexical demands of English and French L2 textbooks : a cross-lingual corpus study Universiteit Gent
Textbooks are a vital source of input in the L2 classroom. Studies have determined the lexical complexity of a variety of input types (e.g., novels, audio-visual media) by calculating lexical profiles (e.g., Nation, 2006; Webb, 2010), i.e., estimates of the distribution of words across frequency levels – the assumption being that higher word frequencies equal lower demands. However, lexical profiling research into L2 textbooks is limited. ...
Audiovisual speech synthesis: An overview of the state-of-the-art Vrije Universiteit Brussel
We live in a world where there are countless interactions with computer systems in every-day situations. In the most ideal case, this interaction feels as familiar and as natural as the communication we experience with other humans. To this end, an ideal means of communication between a user and a computer system consists of audiovisual speech signals. Audiovisual text-to-speech technology allows the computer system to utter any spoken message ...
Inclusive Crisis Communication in a Pandemic Context: A Rapid Review KU Leuven
(1) Background Crisis communication might not reach non-native speakers, persons with low literacy levels, a low socio-economic status and/or an auditory or visual impairment as easily as it would reach other citizens. The aim of this rapid review was to synthesize evidence on strategies used to improve inclusive pandemic related crisis communication in terms of form, channel and out-reach. (2) Method After a comprehensive search and a rigorous ...
Patient Centricity in Patient Preference Studies: The Patient Perspective KU Leuven
Objectives: A factor contributing to the value of patient preference studies is patient centricity. This study aimed to explore how patients want to be involved in the design and conduct of patient preference studies. In addition, we investigated patients' expectations regarding the communication of study results back to patients. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with patient representatives within three different disease ...
Formatos de evaluación en comprensión auditiva : evaluación comprensión auditiva Universiteit Gent
Este trabajo analiza la correlación positiva entre dos factores a la hora de evaluar la comprensión audiovisual: el formato de la evaluación (tipo test o preguntas abiertas) y los resultados. Se comparan dos pruebas de un mismo ejercicio realizado en clase de ELE (N=66): una primera de preguntas abiertas (N=17) y una segunda que incluye preguntas de selección múltiple e ítems dicotómicos (N=49). En este último caso se analiza además la ...