hey Naturals what's up it's your
American English teacher Gabby
here to help you with your fluency in
English somebody make some popcorn
because today we're talking about the
top ten movies to help you to learn
English are you a movie buff do you love
watching movies for fun and
entertainment well why not use them to
improve your English skills too it's a
different way of learning English but it
really works when I was learning Spanish
back around 2002 when I really was
focused on improving my Spanish fluency
I watched every single Spanish language
movie I could get my hands on and I
don't mean American movies that were
dubbed or subtitled in Spanish
I mean movies made in Spain or Mexico
Argentina
I watched movies like Nueva Ramos and e
tu mama tambien and L labyrinth oh and
elephant not though and what else
Amore's perros now you know I really
can't roll my arse even after years and
years of Spanish study someone helped me
but that's okay because I can
communicate pretty well in Spanish
pretty fluently and that's the main
thing not perfection but connection so
what are the top ten movies that I love
in English and I suggest for you well
let me tell you watching movies is such
a good way to work on your language
skills because movies I mean well
they're not really real life I mean they
are movies not documentaries they do
show you
natural language they are scripted but
if acting is good then they appear
natural much more natural than other
language learning resources can
sometimes be so especially if you're an
intermediate or advanced language
learner why not learn with movies
because they also give you a look into
culture and that's why I prefer to watch
movies from one particular country for
example if I'm learning Spanish
I would probably try to watch more
movies from Mexico because I'm learning
Latin American Spanish or if I wanted to
learn Spanish Spanish European Spanish I
would watch more movies from Spain and
that way I could learn more about that
culture and really focus in on the
pronunciation from that country not only
pronunciation but slang words too if you
watched my video about different slang
words between British and American
English you'll understand there are some
big differences and I learned too
there's some big differences between
European Spanish and Latin American
Spanish so movies are a great way to
understand how slang is used to
understand culture to see how people
actually communicate with each other in
everyday situations and some not so
everyday situations too if you're
watching sci-fi thriller Zoar action
movies also movies are really fun and
they'll give you something to talk about
with your english-speaking friends and
of course watching movies is going to
improve your listening skills as long as
you don't completely always 100% rely on
subtitles so I'll talk about that a
little bit too when to use subtitles and
when you shouldn't so if you are more of
a beginner high beginner low
intermediate or even an intermediate
English language learner then you can
use subtitles i really suggest that you
watch a movie the first time with the
subtitles on so that you can at least
get a really confident idea of what the
movies about and then watch it again
without the subtitles paying really
close attention to the words that you're
hearing so if you're familiar with the
concept of the movie that will help you
to understand it as well so try to
choose movies that are about topics that
you're already familiar with and that'll
help you to understand when you're
watching in English
definitely don't choose movies that are
boring it's really great to watch
classic movies but let's be honest some
of them are a little bit slow and boring
so just choose something
you are interested in something that you
enjoy and don't feel pressured to watch
a movie just because somebody else says
it's on a list of the 100 classic movies
that you must watch before you die or
something like that watch something that
short and light small bits of movies
broken up are better than trying to do a
movie marathon in English you don't want
to overwhelm yourself or get fatigued
from listening to English for too long
keep it fun and enjoyable it's just like
going to the gym and starting to work
out again after not working out for a
long time just start small lift some
light weights and keep going day after
day and it's gonna get easier and before
you know it you're gonna be lifting
heavy weights and watching long movies
that's the same thing right if you're
watching movies by yourself then try to
listen and repeat what you hear you can
pause the movie and copy what you just
heard the actors say also you can try a
shadowing or imitation technique and try
to talk along with the movie at the same
time that you hear the actors speaking
so that's pretty tiring though so I
would recommend not doing that for the
entire movie maybe just for five minutes
also I don't suggest doing that if
you're watching it with other people if
you're watching a movie with your
friends that's awesome
but maybe you won't be able to repeat
after what you hear but try watching
movies with your friends with other
people who are learning English have a
movie night for your English study club
or your colleagues who are interested in
English and that's a great way to form a
community and to enjoy the movie
together and then talk about it
afterwards
in English of course finally I really
encourage you to keep an english movie
journal where you could jot down new
words that you hear to look up in the
dictionary after you watch the movie and
you could write a summary of the movie
or write your opinion of the movie that
later you could share in a conversation
with your english-speaking friends
without further ado let me share
my top 10 favorite movies in English for
you to learn English number 1 Forrest
Gump Forrest Gump is a classic but it's
a classic that I love I will never get
tired of this movie and it shows you a
glimpse into the American South it's
such a fun movie I highly recommend it
next the King's Speech this movie is all
about speaking English it's a real movie
but you get a pronunciation lesson in it
so a win win number three the break-up
for something a little bit lighter a
comedy about relationships I really
enjoyed this movie so check it out if
you're kind of interested in that kind
of light romantic comedy next if you
love all-out comedy try The Hangover The
Hangover is hilarious it's really funny
so it's about a group of guys that go to
Las Vegas and they get a little crazy
and well you'll see I don't want to
spoil it next another light comedy
romance which are called rom-coms yeah
romantic comedy is 500 days of summer I
watched this one in theatres when it
first came out and it was really fun so
if you want something light a rom-com
check it out next number six one of my
personal all-time favorite movies ever
because it has themes of freedom and
independence and fighting for what you
want in life is the Shawshank Redemption
it's an amazing movie it's a little bit
older but I think you'll enjoy it
because it's just moving I mean if you
cry at the end don't blame me number
five if you like Tom Hanks you have to
watch castaway castaway was a really fun
movie to watch for me because I always
loved that question what would you do if
you were stranded on a deserted island
and this movie is all about that Tom
Hanks is an amazing actor in this movie
so I think you'll really enjoy it number
eight it's a classic fun movie
for adults and kids Toy Story you've got
a watch Toy Story it is just fun so if
you have kids definitely watch this with
them
number two The Hunger Games this movie
has been huge in pop culture lately I'm
gonna tell you a secret I'm really sorry
I have not seen it yet well let me know
if you have seen it should i watch it
finally number 10 if you use facebook
you have to watch the social network
most people are using Facebook these
days and so you'll totally understand
this movie even if you haven't seen it
before even if you don't watch it with
subtitles I think that the idea of the
movie is gonna be really clear because
it's about how Facebook was founded so
there you have it my top 10 movies for
you to improve your English language
skills these will help you a lot with
your listening and with your speaking if
you try shadowing or imitating what you
hear the actors saying so hey let me
know what you think of this list and if
you watch the movies tell me what you
think in the comments leave a comment
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