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So this is the end of my story. From hopes and dreams thirty years ago to reality and disillusionment ten years later, and then a recent reawakening in a different world where the same hopes and dreams are being realised by learners through technologies, some of which were not even thought of in the world of 1980s viewing.

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Vanderplank, R. (2016). Conclusion. In: Captioned Media in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50045-8_9

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