Wouldn't it be great if you could learn English while doing something you do anyway? Anyone who likes watching movies and television can do just that! You can use the time you spend watching T.V. to not only relax and enjoy your favorite show but to also improve your English. Here are three of my favorite tips that I give to my students about how to learn more English through watching television and movies: 1. Chose a Show You LOVE
Why choose a boring show or a movie in some genre* you never watch anyway? If you like dramas or soap operas*, watch one in English. If you like science fiction movies, watch an English language one! You will stay motivated to continue watching and learning as much as you can. You will be more involved and enjoy the process so much more if you choose a similar show to what you watch in your native language. With so many English options out there, you can surely find a show or movie you will not just like but LOVE!
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Today I want to share the following TEDx talk from educator and linguist Chris Lonsdale. Lonsdale answers the question, “How can normal adults learn a new language quickly, easily and effectively?”
Lonsdale focuses on five principles we should follow and seven actions that we should take to learn any new language. He gives tips like: I have been studying one or another foreign language since I was 12 years old. That gives me almost 20 years of experience, and one would assume some knowledge on the topic!
My language learning started with Spanish, later moving on to Japanese and currently consists of dabbling in ASL (American Sign Language). I am fluent in Spanish, and in the two and a half years that I was in Japan I had friends who spoke no English and I also learned to communicate through simple texting (not the easiest thing in the world if you start out knowing only the Greek alphabet). Here are 3 of my favorite study tips that I've picked up over the years: |
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