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When subtitles helped my GCSE revision

Paying on an Xbox computer games console at HMV on Oxford Street, London, now closed
‘My dad would let me spend more time on my Xbox provided that the video game’s subtitles were in French.’ Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian

It’s now common for my friends to complain if there are no subtitles when we watch something together (I thought needing subtitles on TV just meant I was getting old. Turns out it is all the rage among the kids, 3 August). I am reminded of the time when I was revising for my GCSEs, and my dad would let me spend more time on my Xbox provided the video game’s subtitles were in French. Sadly, it did not improve my French, but it did allow me to procrastinate even more.
Luca Filippi
London

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