A step-by-step guide to learning English through movies effectively

Watching films is a fun way to improve your English! Here are 3 simple steps how to learn English with movies. 

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Step1: Watch the whole movie in dual subtitles

For Intermediate learners, after choosing a suitable movie, you should first attempt to watch it with dual subtitles. This will make it easier for you to grasp the main contents of the movie as well as the meaning of new words. After watching and noting down new words, you can attempt to watch the movie again but this time with English subtitles to practice on your listening and speaking skills.

Step 2: Extract a small part of the movie to focus on 

After watching the whole movie with the help of subtitles, you should choose a few particular scenes (under three minutes) of it to practice further. There are some exercises that you can use such as: 

• Watch the scene with English subtitles over and over again
• Look up and save new words and expressions to your notebook 
• Practice listening using dictation exercises 
• Practice speaking using the shadowing method

Step 3: Rewatch the movie and play games to revise vocabulary 

In this step, you should watch the whole movie with English subtitles one more time to check how many percents of new words you have memorized and how much of the movie you can understand. After that, don’t forget to play fun vocabulary games to brush up on the words you have learned from the movie.