Graduate from subtitles faster, watch these 5 high-context video types
When context wins over subtitles
When reading subtitles, our brain tends to focus on the reading and not the listening part. Reading subtitles works, but doing so all the time is very inefficient. The workaround for this is watching high-context videos, where the vocabulary can be intuited by the scene itself. Dramas typically have little context, since the plots are complicated and things are happening behind the scenes. Choose these types of videos to turn off the subtitles faster:
Cooking videos
Cooking videos are loaded with context, not to mention that food is a common topic shared by everyone. For example, they might say “add 2 eggs” or tell you the temperature to set the oven. Cooking videos have so much context that you can get to a place where you can turn off the subtitles very quickly. The chef is describing everything they’re doing in that exact moment.
