oh yeah what is up I'm Ethan your
real-life English fluency coach and
today I have a bit of a different lesson
this is actually a free coaching session
something like that and I'm going to be
answering one of the most common
questions learners like you ask me all
the time as an expert in learning
English with TV series right so I get
asked all the time what is the best TV
series to learn English with now of
course as you can imagine this depends
on many different factors you know your
personal interests it can depend on what
you work in or what your study may be
certain shows will be good for one
person and not so good for another but
today I'm going to tell you seven of the
best series for English learners
specifically so I hope that at least one
of these will tickle your fancy which
means that you will enjoy it so first I
wanted to define a term for you the
sitcom what's a sitcom a sitcom is a
situational comedy this is a TV series
that deals with everyday situations
mixing in humor a lot of times they're
about a family or a group of friends and
kind of the everyday problems that
people have with their jobs or with
their love life different things like
this and they are very good for English
learners because they tend to use a lot
of the vocabulary that you will
encounter every day and Hut so much like
a textbook right which teaches you
generally in different blocks like the
hospital or the house which maybe you
won't be able to actually use that in
everyday life in contrast if there is
someone talking with our mother maybe
you can get something out of that that
you can actually use when you have to
speak English
and before we jump into the list also
why should you learn English with TV
series so the reason TV series are so
great for learning English is because
first of all they are usually funny or
they're very enjoyable so they help you
to get engaged in the learning process
they help to make it fun or even
addictive a lot of us have probably at
some point binge Don a TV series this
means that you watch many episodes
without stopping C binge on a TV series
now while this might not be the
healthiest habit if you do it in English
and you actually have some techniques to
learn with it which you can click here
for a video I did talking about some
different recommendations for that then
you can actually take this enjoyable
thing and make it very beneficial for
your English fluency it's always very
important that you're developing
powerful and enjoyable habits for your
English so that said let's jump in
today's lesson where I'm going to share
with you seven of the best TV series
just for English learners alright so the
first series is a classic I'm sure you
have heard of it maybe you've watched an
episode at some point that one is
friends if you follow their channel it
probably comes to no surprise to you but
it really is one of the best TV series
of all time for English learners and the
reason that we teach so much with it
it's just because of personal experience
of traveling the world I have met so
many English learners who tell me that
they learn English by watching all 10
seasons of friends now a lot of people
ask but this show is like 20 years old
is it still relevant for how English is
spoken today and the truth is yes it is
very relevant there have actually been
studies done showing that friends
affected how we speak English today one
example of this is the word totally as a
discourse marker so for example we can
say are you going to go to marks party
tonight and I could respond yeah totally
I'm gonna go to that party one of the
things that makes this series so great
for English learners as I said before is
because it follows the everyday life of
six friends living in New York City so
all the scenarios that they cover and
friends tend to help you build a
vocabulary that is actually very
beneficial to you and that you can use
in your everyday English we have made
tons of lessons as I said with friends
so if you're new here I recommend you
check out a playlist of those you can
click here to find that and we actually
have a course that takes the first two
seasons of friends and gives you
learning guides and mp3s to help you to
maximize your English fluency and have a
lot of fun doing it with this course and
I will link to a video up here and in
the description telling you why we chose
friends and the other great thing about
friends is that it is available on
Netflix so if you have a subscription to
that I will be actually mentioning that
with all the series today the next one
which is a little bit different than
friends but still terrific for English
learners is Big Bang Theory now I don't
think this series will be enjoyed by
everyone but if you're a bit of a geek
like I am and a geek is someone who has
kind of different or weird hobbies or
interests then you'll probably enjoy the
show a lot because it covers all sorts
of different things about science or
popular culture but kind of popular
culture that would be considered more
geeky like Star Trek or Star Wars then
you will absolutely love this show like
friends it has a lot of everyday
language that will be very useful to you
in your English but it also uses a lot
of scientific terms which for certain
English learners can be extremely
practical however if you're not into
science it is still a great series
and don't feel bad if you don't
understand something because even though
US and NATO speakers we miss some of the
words it's not your fault you can check
out some lessons that we've made with
Big Bang Theory by clicking right here
alright the next one is one of my
personal favorites I actually watched
this almost every day
it is Modern Family and this is probably
one of the most popular running American
sitcoms in the United States right now
some our family is all about a not so
typical American family and it actually
makes a comment that nowadays no family
is what you might expect and it follows
all different parts of this family in
their everyday life and their challenges
and some of them are young kids some of
them are parents some of them are
grandparents and so you really get a
full scope of family life and all sorts
of different vocabulary and expressions
they'll be super useful for you one of
the reasons that I really love this show
is that we get to see how the characters
evolve and although this is true in most
sitcoms in this one it's especially
relevant because as many of the
characters are kids we see them grow
from being very young to then becoming
adults and maybe going off to college
that's where the series is right now in
this series is of course very famous for
Gloria who's played by Sofia vergata and
she is from Colombia living the United
States so there's a lot of humor around
her as an English Learner and you will
probably be able to relate to that and
laugh a lot we have some lessons we've
made with modern family that you will
find down in the description box below
and you can also find this series on
Netflix alright number four is another
terrific series How I Met Your Mother
if you love friends or other series of
this type then you will probably love
How I Met Your Mother because it's
pretty much like friends but instead of
being in a coffee shop it's in a bar
this show is absolutely full of cultural
information and jokes about New York and
in fact and it can be a really great way
to get in touch with the United States
it's also available on Netflix and you
can check out some lessons that we have
made with How I Met Your Mother
by clicking up here all right we're on
number five now it is Breaking Bad and
this is a bit different than the first
floor as it is not a sitcom it is in
fact a drama and this is often
considered one of the best TV series of
all time it follows the life of Walt who
is a high school chemistry teacher who
gets cancer and in order basically to
pay the medical bills he starts making
methamphetamines which is a highly
illegal drug in the United States and he
becomes very successful doing this so
it's a bit of a criminal movie and it's
extremely fascinating watching how this
character evolves I highly recommend if
you have not already seen it it's kind
of a must watch if you don't mind the
subject matter and if you've already
watched it and liked it then it could be
a great opportunity for you to go back
and watch it again to practice your
English it's a bit more difficult so I'd
probably recommend to learners who have
intermediate up to advanced English and
it's also available on Netflix all right
so we're getting down for the last two
number six is Seinfeld this is probably
one of my all-time favorite comedies I
have very fond memories of growing up
with it watching it with my family when
I was a kid and even when I'm back in
the United States we often watch reruns
of it a rerun is a repeat episode
because it's not running anymore and
this series was truly popular in the
United States and other english-speaking
countries even though internationally it
was not quite as famous if you go to the
United States and you talk to people who
are my
or a bit older many of them will have
watched this show and there's even a lot
of jokes that surround the language and
the humor from Seinfeld
so it's kind of a classic I highly
recommend you go watch it with each
episode you're going to get more
addicted and learn more about American
culture we have made a couple lessons
about Seinfeld that you will also find
down in the description box below and
the last one number seven is stranger
things so the reason that I chose this
one is because it is a newer show that
has been extremely popular all around
the world it is not a comedy it's a bit
of a thriller and it's a bit of a
throwback meaning that it is meant to
give some nostalgia of a past time
period so it takes place in the 1980s
and if you're my age or older you will
probably really be reminded of your
childhood so as I said this is a very
popular show at nowadays it's highly
addictive especially the first season I
thought both were great but the first
one is definitely the best so if you
have not watched that you can go watch
it on Netflix alright thanks so much for
sticking through for all seven of those
I hope that you will go and check out
some of these look up the trailers on
YouTube watch some of our lessons that
we've taught with them to figure out
which one you like the most and then
choose one and go and watch it
learn with it very actively write down
new vocabulary or we watch parts where
maybe you missed it because of some sort
of pronunciation or you can do some
different exercises that we've talked
about in the video that I mentioned
at the beginning just to wrap up this
video I have a bonus for you we had many
different series that couldn't make the
cut
meaning that we couldn't include them
fully in this video but I still wanted
to go through them quickly to give you
some more ideas in case maybe you've
seen some of these series before or you
just want more for your TV series list
so here it goes
the first one is Game of Thrones you
probably have already heard of this if
you have not seen it what are you
waiting for it is amazing it's probably
not one of the best series of from a
language learning point of view but it's
extremely addictive you will definitely
enjoy it go check it out the next one is
mr. robot if you have not seen this one
or heard of this it's all about hacking
it takes place in a time period like
ours and it's very very fascinating and
addicting and I believe there's already
three seasons so you can go and watch
quite a bit of those and after that is
West world this is a new one from HBO
the second season just came out is about
artificial intelligence taking place in
a scenario of the Old West
so it's terrific mix I think you will
enjoy it a lot go and check out the
trailer for that the next one is Silicon
Valley and as real-life English is
actually a startup I find this one
extremely hilarious it's all about the
technological hub the capital in the
United States that is Silicon Valley
near San Francisco so if you're at all
into technology I think you'll find this
one really funny after that is orange is
the new black which you can watch on
Netflix as well it's been running for
quite a long time and it's about a
women's prison you probably haven't seen
a TV series like this ever before so
it's definitely worth taking a look at
after that I have Saturday Night Live
this isn't really a series but it is
more of a show of skits or sketches
it's different comedy there's always a
different celebrity guest star I highly
recommend that you watch that if you
like comedy you like stand-up comedy
Americans tune in for this every
Saturday you're going to laugh a lot
next I have an animated series this is
called Rick and Morty so far I believe
there have been four seasons it's also
very funny it might be for more upper
intermediate to advanced learners but if
you're into animated series and you have
not seen that one yet
I recommend that you check it out then
there's 13 reasons why this is another
Netflix series it has been extremely
popular but also extremely controversial
as it is about a suicide that happens in
a high school so if you're okay with the
kind of controversial subject matter
it's a very fascinating and addictive
series it will keep you on the edge of
your seat and by the way to keep you on
the edgy recedes it means that you're in
anticipation of the next thing that is
going to happen just a few more Fresh
Prince of bel-air this is another one
that is older but many Americans have
watched it and it reminds them of their
childhood and if you love Will Smith
this is kind of how he got his beginning
so you will probably love seeing him as
a young kid then I have another animated
series The Simpsons you've definitely
heard of it you will never run out of
episodes you could check that out as a
way to practice your English then I have
the office which there's both a British
and an American version as an American I
personally prefer the American version
but this is very hilarious it takes
place in the office so if you're someone
who works basically you can find a lot
of useful sort of situations in
vocabulary and it's a bit of a different
type of humor so I definitely recommend
that you try that one and then the very
last one is two and a half
all about two brothers living together
in California there's many very crazy
situations that happen
so it's another comedy that you might
want to take a look at all right and
just to finish up this video thanks so
much for watching all the way till now I
would love for you to comment below let
me know if I missed any series that you
really love and why don't you tell me
what's your favorite TV series or
learning English you can share it with
the rest of the English learners in our
community I'm sure some people will get
a lot of benefit out of that so thank
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