Use of closed caption as a technological tool in order to enhance the english listening skill

The use of technology is important today for the teaching of English as a second language, but especially in the development of listening skills. That is why, the objective of this research is to demonstrate how closed caption, a modern audiovisual tool, favors the development of listening skills in eleventh grade students at the Benjamin Zeledòn Institute - Catarina. Listening skill is one of the important factors in the process of acquiring a new language. This is the reason why an observational analysis was carried out in the 11th grade classroom of the Institute; a survey was applied to the students and an interview with the teacher of the discipline. After observing other classes with subtitled videos that allowed establishing comparisons with the use of this new pedagogical strategy. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of closed caption in the development of listening skills and offered the teacher a new strategy to motivate his students to learn Englis