Foreign Language Learning from Audiovisual Input: The Role of Original Version Television

Anastasia Pattemore, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Department of European Languages and Cultures at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). Her research focuses on uncovering optimal conditions for language learning from audiovisual input, exploring factors such as different types of subtitling, textual enhancement, viewing time distribution, cognitive individual differences, and attention and processing, as measured by eye-tracking. Her work has been published in international peer-reviewed journals, received both internal and external funding, and recognised by several awards.

Ferran Gesa, PhD, is a lecturer and researcher at the Departament d’Educació Lingüística, Científica i Matemàtica at the Universitat de Barcelona (Spain). His research interests include vocabulary learning from video viewing, vocabulary size, and the role that individual differences play in language learning. His research has been published in renowned international journals as well as in edited volumes, and he has also participated in national and international research projects. In 2021, he was distinguished with the Extraordinary PhD Award by the Universitat de Barcelona.