Hello friends :)
Welcome back!
In this video lesson I will teach you
how you can use Netflix
chill, relax
and improve your English at the same time.
There are many great TV shows
on Netflix you can use to
improve your vocabulary, see grammar in use
learn slang
and see, simply, how native English speakers
or English speakers in general
speak, communicate, and interact in English
Friends, in order for you to improve
your English, to reach an advanced level
and to become a fluent and confident English speaker
it is very important to be immersed
and surrounded by the English language
Friends, Netflix is your answer!
Netflix is available in many
countries around the world
and it's a great resource
to be using to improve your English
First of all, Netflix is fun.
There are many TV shows
on Netflix, and most of them
use the English language.
Now, you do have some TV shows
where they do speak in Russian, in Spanish
and in other languages. But, try
to choose a TV show where English
is spoken. Also, when you're choosing a TV show
make sure to choose a TV show
that you like. Don't choose
a TV show just because I like it
your friend likes it
or someone on the street told you
they like it. Make sure that
you are genuinely interested in the TV show,
because by choosing
a TV show
that you are genuinely interested in
you will watch the whole
TV show and you'll be interested
to know what is happening
what the characters are saying, and
you'll basically stick to watching
that TV show and you will
constantly be surrounded by
the English language. Now, you're probably
thinking - But Adriana, I can
only understand about
40 - 50% of what you are saying
at the moment. The beauty of Netflix
is that you can also use
subtitles. If you are struggling
to understand what the characters
are saying in a TV show,
I suggest that you use subtitles
not subtitles in your native
language, but only English
subtitles. So, for example,
if you choose to watch a TV show
Breaking Bad. But your native language
is Spanish, don't use Spanish
subtitles.
Use English subtitles. Use subtitles
as a guide.
Push yourself, listen to
the characters speaking in English
and follow the subtitles
so that you can see
exactly what they are saying.
It will be difficult in the beginning
to watch a TV show in English
as you will notice that
the characters usually speak
very fast, use many slang
terms, but, friends, this is
natural English. This is
how natives English speakers speak
and you will see natural English being used.
By using subtitles
function on Netflix
You'll also be able to improve
your reading skills.
By watching the TV show
you'll learn about interactions.
So, how native English speakers,
English speakers in general,
interact with each other. Do they
shake hands when they meet each other,
do they kiss on the cheek, do they hug
what do they do. You'll also
improve your vocabulary because you will see
English speakers talking about
different topics. By following the
subtitles, you'll be able to
read, listen and
follow at the same time.
You'll also improve your listening skills
because you will hear different
accents, you'll hear people speaking
faster, some slower.
Basically, you'll hear
English being used naturally. Now,
you're probably wondering
Will this help me?
My answer to you is - yes.
Why do I know that his will help you?
As you know, I can speak a second language as well.
My second language is Croatian.
Using the same technique,
I used to improve my
Croatian skills.
Both my listening and reading comprehension.
If it's a first time
that you're using subtitles,
it will be difficult.
It was difficult for me in the beginning,
to read Croatian
You know, when you're watching a TV show
and the speakers are speaking
so fast, and you have to follow
those subtitles.
It is hard at the beginning.
But, you will get used to it.
That's why it is very important to be choosing
a TV show that is most
interesting to you.
So that you are interested in the content
And this will keep you motivated
to keep watching that TV show.
It will keep you
immersed in the English language
and, you're also improving your
English at the same time.
Another great thing about subtitles
is that you are able to also
practice the shadowing technique.
So, if you see a word
in the subtitles being used
and it's the first time you've seen this word,
you don't know how to pronounce that word,
you can shadow.
If you don't know what the shadowing technique is,
I do suggest that you watch the video lesson
that I made on the shadowing technique
You can find the link
just above here
Go and watch that to find out
what you need to be doing to apply the shadowing technique.
Friends, I do suggest
that you watch Netflix,
you use the subtitles feature
subtitles, only English subtitles.
Choose a TV show
that you like
that you're interested in
and start immersing yourself in English today.
To finish off today,
I have a question for you.
Meating many of you, from around the world
I have noticed that some countries
synchronise TV shows
while others don't.
For example, in Croatia
TVshows are not synchronised.
So, what does this mean?
For example, a TV show Friends.
In Croatia,
the characters will be speaking in English,
but they use Croatian
subtitles at the bottom.
Whereas, when I travelled to Austria, Switzerland,
and Germany,
the voices are synchronised
in German. So, there are
no subtitles, the characters,
for example, Joey,
is not speaking in English, but is
speaking in German. I would like to hear
from you - are TV shows
synchronised in your country?
Tell me in the comments bellow
if they are synchronised
and if in your country they do synchronise TV,
I definitely suggest
that you check out Netflix
use the subtitles feature,
start immersing yourself in English.
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