hey everyone I'm Abby from Mosel engli
and today I'm here to talk to you about
one of my favorite topics and a website
that I spend way too much time on before
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probably no surprise that the website
I'm talking about is Netflix if you're
not familiar with it Netflix is a paid
video streaming service today I'll be
talking about Netflix specifically but
if you are an HBO go hulu or amazon
prime subscriber for example lots of
what I say might be useful to you as
well here's a tip if you already have a
Netflix account create a separate
profile just for English practice it's
easy to do and it's free there are
several advantages to doing this first
you won't have to worry about constantly
switching the language of your audio and
subtitles second you'll get better
suggestions based on English content
you've already watched and third once
you create a new profile you'll have the
option to pick the language of your
interface and menus pick English of
course little changes like this really
add to your immersion experience and can
make a big difference now that your
profile is set up pick a TV series or a
movie to watch for beginner and low
intermediate learners I recommend
starting with a short TV show it takes a
lot of effort to concentrate on
listening comprehension so by choosing a
shorter show you're less likely to get
exhausted or overwhelmed by the process
look for a series that has 20 to 30
minute episodes movies are more
challenging and are usually best for
high intermediate to advanced learners
since you'll have less time to get used
to the characters accents and understand
specialized vocabulary that is key to
the plot also make sure the English show
or movie was originally produced in
English and not dubbed from another
language
Netflix dubbing and subtitles are
usually pretty good but it's always best
to choose original
content for language learning speaking
of subtitles make sure English subtitles
are an option for the series you choose
if you don't like the suggestions on
your home page you can always search for
a specific show theme or category I
recommend choosing a realistic show or
sitcom because these are usually easier
to understand the characters use common
vocabulary that you might already know
or at least that will be useful to you
in your everyday life some American
sitcoms that I personally recommend
include friends that 70 show grace and
Franky new girl the good place and the
office however if you're more interested
in sci-fi or fantasy for example watch
that it's important to actually enjoy
yourself and not torture yourself just
for the sake of learning English if an
activity isn't fun you aren't very
likely to stick with it note that every
country has different Netflix content
and it's always changing so check back
often to see what's new since your
profile is now in English all of the
show descriptions will also appear in
English before you even start watching a
show and working on your listening
skills you'll get to practice your
reading comprehension once you've chosen
a show it's time to get to work if you
can call watching TV work of course the
situation is different if you're a
beginner or an advanced learner for high
intermediate and advanced learners I
recommend watching TV shows and movies
with no subtitles at all it's okay if
you only understand 70 to 80 percent of
what you hear this exercise will improve
your ability to use context clues to
fill in the blanks when you don't
understand something but if it's still
too difficult you can turn on the
subtitles in English for the first
episode if you're watching a TV show the
situation is pretty different if you're
a beginner or low intermediate student
since not using any subtitles at all
will likely be much too difficult for
you as luca explained in another video
that we published on our channel you can
find the link in the video description
below it's okay to start with subtitles
in your native language but as soon as
you can you should switch those
subtitles into english and eventually
turn them off completely today
I want to suggest some activities that
are really adapted to beginner students
watch the first few minutes of an
episode without any subtitles and then
assess your comprehension while you're
watching you can note some important
words and then if you can't guess what
they mean from the context you can go
ahead and look them up at the end if you
are totally lost and you understood less
than half of what you watched I
recommend reading a summary in English
of the episode or watching it again with
the English subtitles then memorize some
of that key vocabulary from the episode
and watch it again without subtitles if
you understood more than half but less
than 100% and you still enjoyed it
continue watching without subtitles
then memorize some of that vocabulary
and watch it again to see how much more
you understood if you understood
everything great job but you're probably
not challenging yourself enough try a
movie next time if you're a native
English speaker or simply not interested
in learning English you'll be happy to
know that you can use Netflix to learn
other languages too although when it was
first launched Netflix was producing
most of its content in English they're
really stepping up their game with
foreign language content these days a
few Netflix originals that I highly
recommend if you're learning other
languages include dark for a German la
caza de papel for Spanish and Blanca for
French that's it for today but one last
thing before I go a little homework
assignment I bet you've never gotten
homework quite like this before your
assignment is to go watch Netflix of
course as I said these tips might even
work for Amazon Prime or HBO GO I'm less
familiar with these platforms but I'm
sure they have a ton of great
english-language content for language
learners browse through your favorite
category of English TV shows and go for
it learn English and have fun if you
want to learn more about our method that
can help you enjoy learning a language
by watching foreign language content
check out the video description below
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