Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Hello and welcome to "THE Effortless English Show" I am A.J. HOGE . the author of “Effortless English “this book. and this the show that teaches you to speak English powerfully. Many years ago , I was setting in Spanish class and I was in university setting in my Spanish class another day of Spanish ahhh waiting for the teacher. and the teacher strolled in and I am thinking ...oh! God .Another .another terrible class and grammar rules and vocabulary list. But on this day something different . The teacher was pushing a cart right?! with wheels that had a T.V on top. So instantly , everybody in the class sat more straight... and smiled and there were a little bit of energy in the room and we all looked at each other and everybody was happy. This positive energy spread around the classroom. And we all can have giggled and laughed hahaha and hohoho Because we realize that there was movie day. Yesssssss!!! No boring grammar rules ,no boring vocabulary list,no task,no quizzes. we’re gonna watch a movie .Yeaaaaaah!!!! Movie day was always a happy day in school ,In any class ,but especially in Spanish class. So the teacher put plug the T.V plugged in and of course there was a VCR (Video cassette recorder ) in those days so, they use tapes .There was a VCR and the teacher put in the tape and started the movie, then she walked over and turned off the lights so movie day was wonderful because it was a day we didn’t have to do anything .Right?! There is no rules studying ,no work,no stress .The teacher wouldn’t call on us and force us to speak Spanish And make us all stressed and worry ,so I sat back ready to watch the movie and the movie began .And It was a story about ...I don’t know … Emog and Emogran coming to America from Mexico . But because it’s Spanish class of course .The whole movie was in Spanish ,so the teacher walked over to her disk and sat down ,and started reading a book and I can tell she was also happy because no work for her,right?! just plug in the movie. Press play and set back in relax for the whole hour of the class . So, in the beginning of the movie I watched it with good concentration and of course that everybody speaking Spanish and I couldn’t understand anything. .Basically ZERO Hahahaha .So I am watching ahhh !! Mmmh!! but I am watching the pictures kind of following the story. Kind of figuring out. Kind of understanding what was happening . I managed to concentrate may be for ten mintues But then after ten minuets I can feel my energy dropping down and I start getting tired ,my shoulders drop down and I leaned back aaa ah We just enjoy the movie . Ahhhh And then after fifteen minutes, my eyes get a little… we say droopy meaning they Can get a flow like this (this is droopy eyes). Some eyes get droopy. Then I looked around the class room . At the other students ha ha ha. I looked over to my right, and l saw several students with their heads down on their desk......... just like this. Just sleeping or resting ...not even watching the movie not even trying just…… Several others look like me, most of the others look like me. So sitting kind of bored looking ahh With these blank faces Starring at the movie. But not understanding anything. And it’s day that way for the entire..........class. I got sleepier and sleepier, I didn’t fall a sleep. But ..... But I was kind of half a wake and half a sleep. With this look of my face the whole time. More and more people in the class my classmates put their heads down on their desks. Some of them start whispering to each other .... Passing notes to each other *bis bis hey* . In English of course Pre much no one in the class... Paid attention to the whole movie Because we couldn’t understand this at all. Finally at the end of the class the teacher put down her book that she was reading , walked over, Stopped the movie about half way. Because we couldn’t watch the whole thing, The class was too short... Walked over,flipped on the lights ,and the bell ring *brrrrinnng * And we all stood up in colour books and hurried out of the class Off to our next class. An hour wasted. But at least an hour without stress. Later in my life I became an English teacher . And I can remember The several jobs that I had Walking by classrooms of others' teachers. And seeing the exact... same ...situation, But in English. Looking through the door, the window... Seeing an English teacher .....*haha* Bringing the television *ha-ha* Looking at the all happy faces of the students , Because yeaaahy an easy day of doing nothing. And the teacher plugging in the television put in it the movie...This time in English Turning off the lights.... Pressing play. The teacher also happy walking... to their desk Usually reading a book. Or sometimes just.... putting ..you know .. in leaning back, and resting, and doing nothing and……little bit …. all students in the class Falling a sleep *khkh*/ *zzzz*. That..... is how most people use movies ...or television shows to learn English ....sadly. :/ Now in whole my know that ...you may try to learn English with T.V or movies. Perhaps you turn on CNN And you try to follow the news. May be you watch a movie on Television. You watch THE STAR network .Glitch PO. Or whatever you can get in English. You turned on You press play. And you watch the movie. And of course what happens. Usually the same thing that happened to me in my Spanish class, The same thing that happened to all the students that I watched in English classes .
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