What Would Movies Do to English?

What do movies have in relation to English? Well, this is just an inspiration after a series of re-watching movies from the past two decades, the movies that Andy grew up watching. Doing so is both fascinating and rewarding. We strongly encourage you to start this train of self-reflect and observation of modern history.

First off, studying is boring but not wrong. Here on [Free The Language], of course we support learning English through life and not forcing it onto us, such as quick cramming for tests. That said, there's nothing wrong to pick up a list of vocabulary and try memorizing it. The point is how you start studying.

Generally speaking, as students spend time in schools, they become used to preparing for a goal for learning. They study, cram, and take notes which they don't fully understand. If the test result turned out to be good, students may find interest in the subject they study; if it doesn't, they may give up. While we believe learning has no goals, we don't think any of the actions above was wrong. If only they realize the order is backward!

Tastes vary but one of the best ways people fall into English is by watching movies. In fact, doing so isn't necessarily related to English learning. It's the story, the characters, the punchlines that we like, rarely English itself, is it? A good movie makes you want to "review" it and a good actor/actress makes you want to understand his/her original language because sometimes subtitles just aren't enough. To enjoy a movie, one should try to focus on the main screen and not up and down.

OK let's cut to the chase on how to start implementing "movie learning" into your next movies without feeling like work.

1. Categorization: you need to enjoy it so narrow down some choices.

• Action: War and Military, Spy and Espionage, Martial Arts, Shoot ‘Em Up Action...

• Comedy: Slapstick, Screwball, Parody, Black...

• Drama: Documentary, Dark, Light...

• Fantasy: Fairy Tales, Children's, Monsters...

• Horror: Zombie , Folk, Body ,Found Footage...

• Mystery: Detective, Amnesia...

• Romance: Historica, Romantic Drama, Romantic Comedy, Chick Flick, Paranormal...

• Thriller: Crime , Disaster, Psychological , Techno...

• Western: Classic, The Revisionist and Anti-Western, Contemporary and Neo-Western, Fantasy and Space Western, Modern Western...

• Sci-Fi: Space Travel, Time Travel, Cerebral Science, Robot and Monster Films, Disaster and Alien Invasion...

OK, it's reasonable that you never really cared about the genre and just basically go with the feeling. That's good! It doesn't hurt to explore others though.

2. Re-watch: first time for the enjoyment, second time for the details and third time you already remember some lines. It depends on how much effort each person puts in this exercise. For beginners, you may just try to remember a couple of key lines from your favorite character or scene. It's also good to just focus on one character; learn its lines and its accents.

3. Afterthought: the best and also the most neglected part in "movie learning". Please don't let it slide, the time you spent. Don't take for granted because of how easily time flies through a movie. Open up a blog or album on Facebook so you could collect your work and memory. We guarantee it will worth your while.

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