(UCOPress: Editorial de la Universidad de Córdoba, 2025-12-15) Ávila Cabrera, José Javier; Roales Ruiz, Antonio; Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Didactic audiovisual translation (DAT) is an emerging discipline that has gained a solid position within academia given the growing number of publications, research studies and academic interest shown by scholars and lecturers in recent years (Lertola, 2019a; Sokoli & Zabalbeascoa, 2019; Talaván, 2020). However, it is in the field of accessibility, that is, didactic audio description (AD) (Calduch & Talaván, 2018; Navarrete, 2018) and didactic subtitling for the d/Deaf and the-hard-of hearing (SDH) (Talaván, 2019b), where fewer studies have been carried out. This paper presents the TRADILEX Project (Talaván et al., 2023), which focuses on the assessment of didactic AD and didactic SDH as educational tools in the scope of foreign language learning (FLL). The goal of this study is to highlight the benefits of using accessibility modes for the enhancement of integrated linguistic skills, exploring intercultural contexts and accessibility awareness through the use of authentic materials, audiovisual language, ICT tools, and multimodal learning. This experiment was implemented online at UNED Idiomas, the Language Centre of the UNED (Spain), during the 2021-2022 academic year. Although the participants were also exposed to a variety of DAT modes, this paper specifically looks into the potential of didactic AD and didactic SDH as accessibility modes that can provide researchers and students with tools to enhance integrated linguistic skills, raise interest in cultural awareness, and promote media accessibility.
