1. 1 ClipFlair Foreign Language Learning through Interactive Revoicing and Captioning of Clips Stavroula Sokoli & Patrick Zabalbeascoa Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2. 2 Needs New educational tools and ideas for foreign language learning Online educational materials for lesser used languages Raising awareness on accessibility issues (audio description for the visually impaired, captions for the hard of hearing) Authentic material enhanced with authentic tasks

3. 3 Why Clips? Audiovisual material is a common resource in foreign language learning film scenes, documentaries, news, animation, songs, home-made videos, etc. It introduces variety and provides exposure to cultural and linguistic aspects of communication in their context

4. 4 Why Flair? Learning by doing more effective than learning by watching Active approach, hands-on experience increases motivation Tangible, shareable result: the captioned or revoiced clip as opposed to note-taking

5. 5 What is captioning? To add writing to a clip Intertitles Foreign film subtitles Also: subtitles for the deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, annotations, speech bubbles, comments

6. 6 What is revoicing? To add speech to a clip Dubbing: a new sound track and especially dialogue in a different language Voice over: words that are spoken in a movie or television program by a person who is not seen Audio description: description of what is happening in the film - for the blind and visually impaired Free commentary, karaoke singing, reciting

7. 7 What is ClipFlair? A web platform for foreign language learning through interactive revoicing and captioning of clips A community of learners and teachers who are interested in using audiovisual material for language learning in an active and motivating way

8. 8 What is a ClipFlair activity? An activity for foreign language learning whereby the learner is asked to caption or revoice a clip It contains at least one clip and instructions Example: The learner chooses to be one of the protagonists in a film scene and substitute the characters voice with his/her voice.

9. 9 ClipFlair offers: The Gallery: for uploading, accessing and sharing activities, clips and other materials http://gallery.clipflair.net The Studio: for creating and using activities through revoicing and captioning tools http://studio.clipflair.net The Social Network: for interacting, collaborating etc. in forums and groups http://social.clipflair.net The Conceptual Framework establishing guidelines for activity creation and evaluation criteria

10. 12 The Gallery and the Studio

11. 13 The Social Network

12. 14 Subtitling activity for first-time users: Fill in the gaps in the subtitles of a film scene

13. 15 Audio description activity: Edinburgh tourist guide for the blind

14. 16 The Partnership Estonia Ireland UK Portugal Poland Romania Spain Greece

15. 19 Languages targeted in the project Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, English, Estonian, Greek, Irish, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

16. 20 More info? clipflair.net facebook.com/ClipFlair twitter.com/ClipFlair clipflair@cti.gr ClipFlair Conference, Barcelona, 18-19 July 2014