Friday, August 23, 2013

The Video Mantra



Another way to improve English is to watch English movies. 

Yeah, I know you are crazy about the Chackies, the Bonds, the Tom Cruises, etc., etc. and have watched lots of movies of this kind. But it’s better to watch movies which have more dialogues than action movies.




Movies which have a nice story line, or sitcom comedies where dialogues play a vital role, will help you to improve your command over the language.



Here I will help you with an idea. First, find a movie which comes under the given condition. Watch the movie once. Watch it again…. and again. Watch it at least 5 times. Now break down movies into smaller parts. May be you can break a movie into 6 – 8 parts or roughly 10 mins a part. Watch the first part with the subtitle, till you can understand all the pronunciations. Then try to read the subtitle with the movie. You may not match the original speed and pronunciation .… don’t lose heart

This is how you should imitate the dialogues... :-) 


Repeat this activity till you match the pronunciation. Now try with the next part. You will feel that the second part is much easier than the first one. By the time you finish a movie, you would have improved a lot.


Hope this activity helps.

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