Watch movies to improve your English: Part 1

Using your television, or computer with videos and SHADOWING is a very powerful way to improve your English pronunciation because it’s interactive and it’s free for you. You don’t need another person there to speak with. It’s a great way to enhance your English skills, your fluency, and not just pronunciation but also your listening skill too.  It is a fact that if you correct your pronunciation, your listening skill will improve.  They are connected.

Try this exercise to pronounce English correctly

One way you can use your movies for study, is first you watch the movie with subtitles in your language; in your mother tongue. And then once you understand what the movie is about, watch it again with English subtitles.

It’s best to enjoy the movie, so pick a movie that you like and then after that, you can start shadowing. The third time you watch the movie, you listen to one line of dialogue and pause your video, and then repeat it and do this for one scene of the movie.

Then, you can go back and do the same scene again or you could continue on with the movie. It depends what you prefer to do.

Student Success Story

I had one Taiwanese student who spoke very naturally so I asked her if she had an English tutor when she was a child.  She said no but she watched a lot of movies and television. Watching movies and tv is a powerful tool and enjoyable tool to improve your English.

Speak Like a Native Speaker!

Remember, watch the movie 3 times: once with subtitles in your mother tongue, watch a second time with English subtitles, and watch a third time with shadowing.  Choose your favourite movie. Before you know it, you will see your improvement and you will be closer to speaking like a native speaker!

For more tips, lessons, and practice videos, check out my YouTube Channel at #LANSpronunciation and keep practicing and building your English pronunciation muscles! Check out my website to learn more at www.LANSpronunciation.com