Name: Is watching films useful to improve English speaking?
Uploaded: 2019-05-02T02:47:50.000Z
Duration: 16 min 5 s
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Yo, yo, yo, I'm Julian
Northbrook from doingenglish.com

Can watching films and I guess TV as well

be a good way to improve
your English speaking?

just sitting back and
passively watching the telly,

whether it be films or TV
or indeed really any kind

as an intermediate to
advanced English learner

Now, you might improve your
comprehension a little bit

although the higher your level already is,

simply because when you
reach the intermediate stage

I mean, you're watching
a video in English now

but your brain does a pretty damn good job

so even if you don't
know half of the English

Well, you are unlikely to
simply just notice all of that

out of the film, out of
the TV, whatever it is

and you're more likely
to just pick stuff up

and what you need to do as an intermediate

to advanced English learner,
completely different.

that films and TV can't
be a good source of input,

a good source of language
to study actively,

On the contrary, films
can be a great material

to use and to study to learn the language

Is it the most effective kind of material

as materials designed for the intermediate

And check this video for
a detailed discussion

on that where I compare
real, authentic materials

Certainly in terms of
time and effectiveness,

materials designed for
people just like you

than films or TV which
are not optimised at all

Again, watch this video for a
detailed discussion on that.

like I'm completely
contradicting myself here,

watching films and TV
can be an excellent way

two completely different opposite things.

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Is watching films useful to improve English speaking?

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