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Case Study: How to Improve Your English with Movies
Instead of binge watching movies, would you like to turn them into a language learning tool? Well, that's exactly what my guest, Curtis Mintah managed to figure out. Curtis is from Ghana where English is an official language, but it's not the one he grew up speaking...
How To Understand Fast-Talking British English Speakers With Short Movies
During lockdown I ran "watch parties" for some motivated students (join my newsletter if you want to get invited to future ones). We each watched a short movie on our own device at the same time and then discussed it together on a chat app. Of course, the students...
Why Learning More Slang, Idioms or Phrasal Verbs Won’t Improve Your Listening Skills
They’re all over the internet - lists of English slang words, English phrasal verbs, idioms in English to learn about everything from automobiles to zoology. A colleague even told me about a student of hers who was making herself sick with worry and stress trying to...
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