Browsing Working Papers by Author "Kothari, Brij"
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Proof is in improved reading: same language subtitling on television in India
Kothari, Brij (2010-01-16)One - third of India's 7+ Population is literate, one - third non - literate, and one - third very partially literate. In declarations of literacy rates, the 285 million very partially literate people are counted as literate ... -
Same language subtitling: a buterfly for literacy?
Kothari, Brij (2010-01-18)Same Language Subtitling (SLS) refers to the idea of subtitling motion media programmes (television and films) in the 'same' language as the audio. This simplest of additions in existing television programmes, especially ... -
Same language subtitling: literacy development in India through film songs
Kothari, Brij (2009-12-14)India s efforts in basic primary and adult education are turning an increasing number of non-literates into semi- and neo-literates. But due to a serious lack of literacy skill practice opportunities, many relapse into ... -
Simple tool for benchmarking early literacy skills in Indian languages
Kothari, Brij (2010-01-16)India's literacy rate has been rising rapidly. Unfortunately we are in the dark about the literacy levels of the so - called literates. A simple, quick, and easy to administer tool for measuring literacy skill is described. ...