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SUBTITLED DVD MOVIES PROVIDE A MULTI-MODAL APPROACH TO ACCOMMODATE VARIOUS LEARNING STYLE PREFERENCES. TEACHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO INCORPORATE EXISTING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THEIR DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION CLASSROOM FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING OVERALL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN: READING COMPREHENSION, FLUENCY, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION. TEACHERS CAN EXTEND THIS EXPERIENCE TO THE WRITING PROCESS--PLOT DIAGRAMS, SUMMARIES AND NARRATIVES, AS WELL AS RESPOND TO KNOWLEDGE, THINKING, COMMUNICATION AND APPLICATION QUESTIONS. DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES ON THEMES PERTAINING TO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, MORALS AND VALUES MAY ALSO BE INTEGRATED. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT VIEWERS INADVERTENTLY ACQUIRE LANGUAGE THROUGH THE VIEWING OF SUBTITLED MOVIES. THIS RESEARCH STUDY ELUDES TO THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THIS READY-MADE, PRACTICAL AND MOTIVATING RESOURCE. AS SUBTITLED MOVIE VIEWERS SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVE INPUT THROUGH THE AUDITORY AND VISUAL CHANNELS, THE MENTAL PICTURES OF THE MOVIE ACTION COMPLETE THE VIEWER'S POTENTIAL FOR OPTIUMUM LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBTITLED DVD MOVIES WITHIN A CLASSROOM OR A HOME ENVIRONMENT IS A PLAN THAT CAN REACH THE ABILITIES AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS OF ALL STUDENTS.