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Abstract

In recent years, within the field of didactic audiovisual translation (DAT), creativity has been increasingly incorporated in the language classroom to encourage students to expand their learning experiences. Creative DAT implies the ‘re-creation’ of the original audiovisual text by producing a new and original output, be it with the help of captioning or revoicing, where learners can use their imagination (and humor, if possible) freely. The learning experience is hence enriched, both in terms of the motivation boost derived from the inclusion of creativity, and as regards communicative skills enhancement, provided by the freedom learners feel when they produce their own new creative versions of a video. In this article, creative DAT is described, and a preliminary piloting of a creative DAT implementation with 113 Higher Education students is analyzed. Findings offer a very promising scenario for the application of creative DAT practices in language education.

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Keyword(s): creative didactic audiovisual translation; creative skills; language education; Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH); TRADILEX methodology

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