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Are movies useful as supplement to learning English?

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Are movies useful as supplemental material for people learning English?

Has anyone seen lists of movies especially good for this purpose ... English spoken slowly, cultural issues presented, etc.
Thanks for any suggestions.
L Mehl
  

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[/nq] As a student I could say definitely yes. I read the book first and I picked out expressions and words I thought they would be useful to remember and practice. Then I saw the movie, first time with subtitles.

  • [/nq] As a student I could say definitely yes.
  • I read the book first and I picked out expressions and words I thought they would be useful to remember and practice.
  • Then I saw the movie, first time with subtitles.
  • It was not too difficult because I had the background of the book.
  • I have seen already the move more than 10 times.
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[nq:1]Are movies useful as supplemental material for people learning English?[/nq]
As a student I could say definitely yes.
I read the book first and I picked out expressions and words I thought they would be useful to remember and practice. Then I saw the movie, first time with subtitles. It was not too difficult because I had the background of the book. I have seen already the move more
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[nq:1]Are movies useful as supplemental material for people learning English?[/nq]
They are useful as listening exercises, especially if you have some sort of accompanying material (questions, discussion, etc.).

DVDs are great for learning languages much more useful than videocassettes, for many reasons.
[nq:1]Has anyone seen lists of movies especially good for this purpose ... En
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L Mehl > misc.education.language.english
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[nq:1]English spoken slowly,[/nq]
Not a movie. News. The "Special English" section in the Voice of American TV/Radio site.
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm
They speak slowly and use a simplified language.
That might be u
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Irma > misc.education.language.english
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[nq:2]Are movies useful as supplemental material for people learning English?[/nq]
[nq:1]As a student I could say definitely yes.[/nq]
And I definitely agree with Irma
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[nq:1]Another nice, easy film (mostly British RP pronunciation, I would say) is "Love Actually".[/nq]
Hi Enrico,
Thanks a lot!!! This will be my next movie, it seems to be great! All of them very good actors and actresses. I didn't know the movie... I will buy it.. They say soon will be in DVD.
You know, Contrary to Mexico, German cinemas only broadcast movies translated into German. I
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Irma > misc.education.language.english
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[nq:2]Another nice, easy film (mostly British RP pronunciation, I would say) is "Love Actually".[/nq]
[nq:1]Hi Enrico, Thanks a lot!!! This will be my next movie, it seems to be great! All of them very good actors and actresses. I didn't know the movie... I will buy it.. They say soon will be in DVD.[/nq]
It already is
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[nq:2]Another nice, easy film (mostly British RP pronunciation, I would say) is "Love Actually".[/nq]
[nq:1]Hi Enrico, Thanks a lot!!! This will be my next movie, it seems to be great! All of them very ... watch movies with its original sound, but they are not near my village. It is really a pitty, I think.[/nq]
Hi Irma
That's a shame, because subtitles are a really good way of using m
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I think films are certainly useful. You can use them to improve your listening skills, knowledge of real spoken language (including slang), and understanding of the culture of the country in which it was made.

You may be interested to see this section of my website, where I give some explanatory notes about some films which are related to Britain in some way:
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[nq:1]Hello Are movies useful as supplemental material for people learning English? Has anyone seen lists of movies especially good for this purpose ... English spoken slowly, cultural issues presented, etc. Thanks for any suggestions. L Mehl[/nq]
you could find yourself some carton movies in which enlish is spoken slowly,
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[nq:1]You may be interested to see this section of my website, where I give some explanatory notes about some films which are related to Britain in some way: http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Britain/Films.htm Regards[/nq]
Congratulations! :-)
Your site is really nice.. Very easy and lots of information

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