Captions usually appear underneath the person who is speaking. A single sentence can extend through several captions. Off-screen speakers and narrators are identified. Select appropriate points to stop the tape. Pause, stop or rewind the videotape to focus your students on target vocabulary, new concepts or developments in the plot.
Some teachers stop the tape briefly at key points to test recognition or understanding of new words.
Since July 1993, all televisions sold in the United States with screens 13 inches or larger have built-in decoder circuitry. Please contact The Caption Center for an updated list of where to buy decoders. Educators have a wide range of captioned materials to choose from. Most children's programs are also captioned. The list of captioned programs in syndication, on cable, in home video and instructional programming increases daily.