2025Convocatòria extraordinària · Sèrie 3 · Exercici 1Part 1: Listening comprehension, an interview about subtitling as a learning tool
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SUBTITLING AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOL
In this radio programme you are going to hear a new word. Read and listen to it. Make sure you know what it means.
daunting: aclaparador, -a / abrumador, -a
Ready?
Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme.
[Now listen to the interview.]
QUESTIONS
Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct.
[3 points: 0.375 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.125 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.]
1.1 What was the aim of the “School in Town” project?
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1.2 Why did Margarita focus on German instead of English?
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1.3 How did Margarita initially engage students with the video?
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1.4 What strategy did Margarita use to help students given their low German proficiency?
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1.5 What was the main purpose of underlining certain phrases in the subtitles?
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1.6 How did the students react when they saw their names in the credits?
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1.7 According to Margarita, why are audiovisual materials attractive for students?
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1.8 What does Margarita hope students share with their parents?
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Àudio oficial
Àudio oficial de la comprensió oral: Generalitat de Catalunya, Eureka, biblioteca digital (registre 811). Llicència CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Registre a Eureka
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- a) To show students how the town provides unexpected learning opportunities.
- b) To help students improve their German while doing activities in town.
- c) To give students a taste of university life.
- d) To encourage students to do cultural activities.
- a) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: el projecte porta les escoles a tallers a «universities, museums and all kinds of cultural places», no a descobrir aprenentatges inesperats a la ciutat.
- b) Descartada
L’objectiu que dona sobre l’alemany és un altre: «to get them interested in German as a foreign language», és a dir, despertar l’interès, no millorar-ne el nivell.
- c) Correcta
Margarita explica que el projecte volia que els alumnes de diferents escoles veiessin com és la universitat: «to show them how it feels to be at university and what we do». És la tercera opció.
- d) Descartada
És la idea general del projecte, portar les escoles a tallers a «universities, museums and all kinds of cultural places», però en el taller de què parla Margarita el fi era un altre: «to show them how it feels to be at university».
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- a) Germany is geographically closer to Poland than the UK.
- b) Polish students are not as exposed to German as they are to English.
- c) Students are not aware that German translation is closer to Polish than to English.
- d) Schools provide better resources for learning English.
- a) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no compara distàncies entre Alemanya, el Regne Unit i Polònia.
- b) Correcta
Margarita diu que els alumnes volen aprendre anglès perquè «they listen to English music and watch English YouTubers», i que amb l’alemany «It’s not that easy». És la segona opció.
- c) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no compara l’alemany i l’anglès amb el polonès ni diu quin dels dos s’hi assembla més.
- d) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no parla dels recursos de les escoles; els motius que dona són la motivació i el que els alumnes veuen i escolten fora de classe.
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- a) By showing the technical aspects of subtitling immediately.
- b) By providing them with the subtitles in both German and Polish.
- c) By asking them to analyze the protagonists and the overall mood.
- d) By translating the first part of the video for them.
- a) Descartada
És al revés: primer veuen el vídeo i contesten preguntes, i «After that, we started working on subtitles».
- b) Descartada
Els únics subtítols que els dona són en alemany, «I provided them with German subtitles that I prepared»; els equivalents en polonès els busquen ells.
- c) Correcta
Margarita explica que, després de veure el vídeo, «I asked them questions about who they thought the good and the bad characters in this film were, the general atmosphere». És la tercera opció.
- d) Descartada
No és el que explica: diu que la idea era que traduïssin ells, «the idea was for them to translate something without really knowing the language that well».
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- a) She provided a list of common German phrases which appeared underlined.
- b) She placed them in teams to work on different scenes.
- c) She asked them very easy questions in German, so they felt immediately confident.
- d) She selected a short video with simple dialogue and underlined the difficult parts.
- a) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no dona una llista de frases comunes; el que subratlla en els subtítols que prepara són «some of the phrases that they should look up as a unit».
- b) Correcta
Margarita diu que va dividir la classe en grups perquè el seu nivell d’alemany era massa baix: «I divided them into a couple of groups because their level of German was too low for individual work», i cada grup va treballar una escena. És la segona opció.
- c) Descartada
Les preguntes que fa són sobre els personatges i l’ambient, i no diu que fossin molt fàcils ni en alemany; la confiança de la classe ve del fet que «they were able to answer all the questions».
- d) Descartada
No diu que el diàleg fos senzill: només que va triar «a German video that I thought would be manageable for them to subtitle», i el que subratlla són expressions fetes per buscar-les senceres.
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- a) To encourage students to translate individual words.
- b) To emphasize the importance of context in translation.
- c) To make the subtitles easier to read.
- d) To provide examples of Polish idioms.
- a) Descartada
És el contrari: els anima a «not to go word-for-word».
- b) Correcta
Margarita explica que subratlla frases perquè els alumnes no vagin paraula per paraula i vegin les idees senceres: «not just translating each word, but an idea», és a dir, traduir tenint en compte el context. És la segona opció.
- c) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no parla del fet que els subtítols es llegeixin millor; subratlla frases que els alumnes «should look up as a unit», és a dir, buscar senceres.
- d) Descartada
Les expressions subratllades són frases fetes dels subtítols en alemany, per a les quals han de «come up with Polish equivalents»; no es donen exemples de modismes polonesos.
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- a) They felt satisfied and excited.
- b) They couldn’t believe their eyes.
- c) They felt anxious and uneasy.
- d) They boasted about their work.
- a) Correcta
Margarita explica que, en veure els seus noms als crèdits, «they started cheering»: es van alegrar i es van emocionar. És la primera opció.
- b) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no parla d’incredulitat, sinó que ho van celebrar.
- c) Descartada
Diu el contrari: reaccionen amb alegria, no amb ansietat ni incomoditat.
- d) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista que presumissin de la feina: allò de «a really good job» és l’opinió de Margarita, no una reacció dels alumnes.
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- a) They help students interact with other people.
- b) They are familiar with this kind of content.
- c) They provide a relaxed learning environment.
- d) They offer more learning opportunities than traditional materials.
- a) Descartada
Allò d’interactiu es refereix al contingut que els alumnes poden crear («any kind of content that is interactive»), no al fet que interactuïn amb altres persones.
- b) Correcta
Margarita diu que als alumnes els agraden els materials audiovisuals perquè els coneixen bé: «they are on TikTok all the time». És la segona opció.
- c) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: la classe va ser agradable perquè hi havia «an immediate result to what they were doing», però no ho dona com a motiu de l’atractiu dels materials audiovisuals.
- d) Descartada
No els compara: diu que no veu «any disadvantage to using traditional materials at school».
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- a) That subtitling in German can be as fun as in English but you also need technical skills.
- b) The importance of being able to translate and convey ideas in multiple languages.
- c) That subtitling involves translating concepts and that it is enjoyable.
- d) That learning unfamiliar foreign languages such as German is easier through subtitles.
- a) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: entre les dues coses que vol que expliquin no hi ha comparar-ho amb l’anglès ni que calguin habilitats tècniques.
- b) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no parla de traduir a diversos idiomes; els seus dos missatges són uns altres.
- c) Correcta
Margarita espera que expliquin dues coses: que «they had fun subtitling and translating from German» i que «subtitling is not just translating words, but ideas». És la tercera opció.
- d) Descartada
No es diu a l’entrevista: no afirma que els subtítols facilitin aprendre idiomes desconeguts.
Transcripció oficial de l’àudio
Interviewer (I): Here we are with Margarita Pavlova, an audiovisual translator who works from English and German into Polish. Margarita managed to use subtitling to inspire interest in audiovisual translation among young students, while fostering motivation for language learning. Margarita, I know you held an audiovisual translation workshop a few years back with a bit of a difference. Tell us a bit more about it.
Margarita (M): Yes. It was part of a bigger educational and cultural project called ‘School in Town’. The idea was to get schools to attend different workshops at universities, museums and all kinds of cultural places. We welcomed students from different schools to show them how it feels to be at university and what we do. The idea was also to get them interested in German as a foreign language.
I: German! How come?
M: In Poland, all students start by learning English as a first foreign language when they are rather young and later, they are required to learn another foreign language – German in most cases. There isn’t the same level of motivation to learn German as to learn English or Polish. Students want to learn English, because they watch English shows, they listen to English music and watch English YouTubers. It’s not that easy with German, so most students struggle with it. So, the idea of the workshop was also to show them that German can be fun as well.
I: I see, so what did you do to engage these students?
M: Well, I picked a German video that I thought would be manageable for them to subtitle. They were beginners, so the idea was for them to translate something without really knowing the language that well. First, we watched the video in German with no subtitles. Then I asked them questions about who they thought the good and the bad characters in this film were, the general atmosphere... This was something that shows how we deal with audiovisual translation. We just don’t focus on the dialogues – we also need to focus on the music, on everything that is happening on the screen and in the background.
I: Given their low German level, wasn’t that too daunting a task?
M: They were surprised to see that they were able to answer all the questions, so they were already feeling a bit more confident. After that, we started working on subtitles. I think the video was about 10 minutes long, and so I divided them into a couple of groups because their level of German was too low for individual work. Everyone was working on one scene. The technical part was done to save time, they were typing the translation into the software so they could see it on the screen.
I: So the students didn’t actually translate the text...
M: I provided them with German subtitles that I prepared. I tried to underline some of the phrases that they should look up as a unit, encouraging them not to go word-for-word, but to see the dialogues as a bigger units. For example, if they came across idiomatic phrases, then I underlined them so that they knew that they had to look them up as entire phrases, and then come up with Polish equivalents. This is what audiovisual translation is all about: not just translating each word, but an idea, so it is a little more complex.
I: What was the atmosphere in class like?
M: Oh, it was cool as there was an immediate result to what they were doing. What I didn’t tell them was that I was going to add translator credits so that all of their names were listed on the final version. At the end of the workshop, I glued the translations done by different groups together, and we watched the clip one more time with their subtitles. They felt they could understand the entire film now because there were subtitles, and at the end, when they saw their names, they started cheering!
I: Cool! How do you think their attitude towards subtitling and learning German changed?
M: If I had asked them before the workshop if they were able to translate from German, they would have said “No way”, and at the end it turned out that not only did they do it, but they also did a really good job. I don’t think there is any disadvantage to using traditional materials at school, yet we have to understand that students like audiovisual materials – they are on TikTok all the time. They not only watch it, but they also create stuff. We can see the educational profits, and they can use it as a skill for whatever they want. It doesn’t have to be audiovisual translation, but any kind of content that is interactive.
I: One last question. If each one of them went home and started a discussion with their parents after your workshop, what one thing that they learned about subtitling that day would you have liked them to discuss?
M: I would love for them to say two things. First, that they had fun subtitling and translating from German. This is something that parents would never ever have heard of in the context of German learning. And finally, that subtitling is not just translating words, but ideas. If they can explain this to their parents, then that would mean that the workshop was successful.
I: Thank you, Margarita, for talking about your experience, which we hope is inspiring to many others.
M: My pleasure.
Adapted from https://subcomm.co.uk/research/an-interview-with-kwiryna-proczkowska-subtitling-as-a-learning-tool/
Enunciat: Generalitat de Catalunya, Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya, Oficina d’Accés a la Universitat. PAU d’Anglès 2025, convocatòria extraordinària. La imatge és l’examen oficial tal qual i el text el reprodueix; les explicacions i les respostes model són d’EducaIA. Consultat el 7 de novembre de 2026; el document no declara data d’última actualització.
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