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such as curriculum development, syllabus design, assessment, and teacher training.
Over the last decade, AD has gained wider recognition, leading to an ever-increasing use of AD-related activities in the language classroom. Several studies have been released focusing on the potential enhancement of either specific or integrated skills, and language learning in general, but it appears that oral competence is currently featuring most notably. As for SDH, research projects carried out so far have examined the benefits of captioning and bimodal subtitles, blending different approaches and subtitling standards. One project involving SDH aimed at the development of a method that combined both AD and SDH modes with film literacy. A second project is an ongoing teaching and research study that aims at assessing the didactic potential of these two modes for language learners.
This roundtable builds on the aforementioned information to discuss the uses and applications of AD and SDH and propose ways forward. In light of the manifest benefits of MA modes in
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