Is it better to watch your videos with or without subtitles if I'm struggling to understand everything you are saying?

Modified on Mon, 22 Sep, 2025 at 9:25 AM

We recommend watching the videos without subtitles. If you need to read the subtitles to understand a video, then definitionally it means that you are understanding something that is beyond what you can understand just by listening. In this case, we recommend simply moving on to a video that is easier. Real-life speech doesn't come with subtitles! Even if you're in a learning environment, reading the subtitles distracts from the key activity of developing a mental image of the sounds of the language in your brain.

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