People fall into two categories when it comes to the use of Closed Captioning: either you love it, or you hate it. While each group is entitled to their own opinion, the use of Closed Captioning has revealed that those who use CC actually comprehend the message better than those who do not use CC.

A study published in the FLA (Foreign Language Annuals), requested intermediate-level Spanish learners to group themselves in the following: a Spanish-Caption group, an English-Caption group, and a No-Caption group. After each group was given the opportunity to view a video in Spanish, they were asked to compose a summary of the video and then complete a multiple-choice assessment of the video they viewed.

The scores of these assessments deemed that both the Spanish-Caption and English-Caption group performed at a higher level of comprehension than the No-Caption Group. With the English-Caption group having the highest effect on comprehension.

This study breaks down the important of Closed Captioning and the ability to better understand content while using subtitles. Showing that the groups that had access to Closed Captioning were able to score higher on the multiple-choice assessment that tested their understanding of the content provided to them is key in understanding the importance in use of CC. This information strongly supports the thought that the use of CC allows the viewer to not only understand what they have seen, but also recall it when asked specific questions regarding that information. The vital takeaways from this study conclude that Closed Captioning assisted in not only comprehension of the information, but also the ability to retain said information as well.

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