Reversed Subtitling: The Most Frequent Multiword Expressions in English-Subtitled Mandarin Dramas
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| Title: | Reversed Subtitling: The Most Frequent Multiword Expressions in English-Subtitled Mandarin Dramas |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Wenhua Hsu |
| Source: | Journal of Education and Learning. 2025 14(5):40-56. |
| Availability: | Canadian Center of Science and Education. 1595 Sixteenth Ave Suite 301, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4B 3N9 Canada. Tel: 416-642-2606; Fax: 416-642-2608; e-mail: jel@ccsenet.org; Web site: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jel |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Word Frequency, Captions, English (Second Language), Mandarin Chinese, Popular Culture, Television Viewing, Language Patterns |
| Geographic Terms: | Taiwan |
| ISSN: | 1927-5250 1927-5269 |
| Abstract: | The drama fever has been riding high with consumer usage of over-the-top (OTT) streaming services on the rise and the prevalence of mobile devices with Internet connectivity. The researcher-teacher sometimes overhears her students chatting about the drama series they binge-watch. Given this binge-watching phenomenon on college campuses in Taiwan, where Mandarin is an official language and English as a foreign language (EFL) is a required course, the researcher-teacher is concerned about English lexical growth if Taiwanese students' viewing habits shift from Mandarin to English subtitles. Deriving from Mandarin drama English subtitles, the researcher sought to create a list of the most frequent multiword expressions for students to learn because drama lines are often drawn from daily life and even reflect current events. A corpus of 8.46 million English-subtitled words from 50 Mandarin dramas across different genres was compiled, totaling 1,427 episodes. Based on frequency, dispersion and expert judgments, a total of 475 frequent multiword expressions were selected. Pedagogical implications and directions for future research are also discussed in the study. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1484844 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The drama fever has been riding high with consumer usage of over-the-top (OTT) streaming services on the rise and the prevalence of mobile devices with Internet connectivity. The researcher-teacher sometimes overhears her students chatting about the drama series they binge-watch. Given this binge-watching phenomenon on college campuses in Taiwan, where Mandarin is an official language and English as a foreign language (EFL) is a required course, the researcher-teacher is concerned about English lexical growth if Taiwanese students' viewing habits shift from Mandarin to English subtitles. Deriving from Mandarin drama English subtitles, the researcher sought to create a list of the most frequent multiword expressions for students to learn because drama lines are often drawn from daily life and even reflect current events. A corpus of 8.46 million English-subtitled words from 50 Mandarin dramas across different genres was compiled, totaling 1,427 episodes. Based on frequency, dispersion and expert judgments, a total of 475 frequent multiword expressions were selected. Pedagogical implications and directions for future research are also discussed in the study. |
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| ISSN: | 1927-5250 1927-5269 |
