The effect of films with and without subtitles on listening comprehension of EFL learners

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-192

  Hayati, Abdolmajid ^a   Mohmedi, Firooz ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; LISTENING TESTS; PERSIANS; PROFICIENCY TESTS; TREATMENT CONDITIONS;

STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79251478073     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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