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French by Sound Pictures
Author(s) -
Parker Clifford S.
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1939.tb02805.x
Subject(s) - comprehension , value (mathematics) , sound (geography) , profit (economics) , linguistics , psychology , aesthetics , sociology , art , philosophy , computer science , acoustics , economics , physics , machine learning , microeconomics
Author's Summary— An inquiry made after the showing of a French talking‐film casts doubt upon the common assumption that such films teach comprehension of spoken French. Only‐advanced students are likely to understand the dialogue and profit by it. Such films may, however, have intangible value in stimulating interest in France.)