Author Archives: Lygia Alves

Annotated Bibliography Entry for McLoughlin & Lertola’s Audiovisual Translation in Second Language Acquisition

MCLOUGHLIN, L.; LERTOLA, J. (2014). Audiovisual Translation in Second Language Acquisition: Integrating subtitling in the foreign-language curriculum. The interpreter and Translator Trainer, 8(1), 70-83. As translation is regaining importance as a foreign language teaching tool, and it can be included … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Williams & Thorne’s The value of teletext subtitling as a medium for language learning

WILLIAMS, H.;  THORNE, D. (2000). The value of teletext subtitling as a medium for language learning. System, 28, 217-228. Learning to subtitle interlingually is a complicated process, just as learning a second language is complicated. This article describes a pilot … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Horwitz’s Cultural and situational influences on foreign language learners’ beliefs about language learning

HORWITZ, E. K.  (1999). Cultural and situational influences on foreign language learners’ beliefs about language learning: a review of BALLI studies. System, 27(4), 557-578 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0346251X99000500# Language teachers must understand learners’ beliefs about language learning in order to understand what are … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Bialystok’s The Structure of Age

BIALYSTOK, E. (1997). The structure of age: In search of barriers to second language acquisition. Second Language Research, 13(2), 116-137. The article evaluates if second language acquisition is limited by a sensitive learning period and reflects if first language acquisition … Continue reading

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