Intonation Phrases in the Use of Closed Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in EFL Classes :

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In this paper, I discuss the displaying of captions in the instruction and testing of listening skills for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students in an English as a foreign language environment. I compare two methods: 1) presenting captions in a scrolling manner, and 2) presenting captions in language chunks, or intonation phrases. I report on two experiments, one conducted with subjects who have full hearing to confirm which style of captions is easier to comprehend and the other designed to measure the anxiety DHH students feel depending on the way captions are presented. The anxiety of DHH students was measured by recording students' heart rates and in interviews. The results suggest language presented in intonation phrases is not only easier to comprehend, but also results in DHH students feeling more comfortable under test conditions.

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