Language is a reflection of everything that ever existed, exists and will exist – a reflection of everything our minds are can understand.
A.F. Merzliakov

Watch & Learn

Lingual Media Player is available in two versions: online and fully-functional version for Windows.




    The effect of subtitles of language learning has been extensively researched already in the 1990s. Gary d’Ideval, a Belgian psychologist, discovered that we automatically read the subtitles from the screen. Whether we understand what is being said or not, we pay attention to the subtitles and compare them with what we hear and see in the video. In 1996 the SLS (Same language subtitling) method of teaching reading was formed (see Wikipedia). Initially, SLS was used to teach reading to predominantly illiterate poor population in India. Later, researchers started to investigate the relationship between the subtitles and foreign language acquisition. It turned out that both children and adults who watched videos with subtitles in the target language were significantly better than the ones who used subtitles in their first language or didn’t use them at all. It was also proven that we are able to differentiate local accents in foreign languages just by watching videos with the original subtitles!

    Lingual Media Player is an instrument which makes it easy to use SLS for learning foreign languages and improving reading skills. The player has a unique interface which allows scrolling through videos phrase by phrase, repeating the last phrase or stopping at the end of each phrase. LaMP also makes it possible to use two sets of subtitles in different languages, quickly switch between audio-tracks, and use other tools such as online dictionaries and translators.