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How To Get Started With Voscreen In 5 Minutes
Updated October 2021. Have you sat down before to watch a movie in English? You know the feeling. You’re excited to immerse yourself for a couple of hours in the language and culture. But after a couple of scenes, your dreams of watching an entire film in English are...
4 Lessons I Learned The Hard Way When I Tried To Learn English Through Movies
I'm excited to feature a guest post from felow language blogger Diego Cuadros who teaches at Spanishtomind.com. In this post, he shares his experiences of learning English through movies - and failing, and trying again, and failing, to eventually becoming proficient...
How to Deal With Stressful Listening Situations
Updated September 2021 Let’s face it - listening is one of the most difficult skills to master when you’re learning a language. When you read and write, words are on the page in front of you. They don’t go anywhere. You feel secure and comfortable. When...
How To Communicate Confidently In English Thanks To Community: Cinzia’s Movie Club Experience:
What's the secret to communicating confidently in English? Is it... ...downloading the perfect app? ...finding the right teacher? ...applying some kind of magic method? What if it was as simple as this: using language is being human. We forget this important point,...
9 Thought-Provoking Discussion Questions To Spark Meaningful Conversations About Movies In English
"So, did you like the movie?" "Yes" [pause] "So, shall we go get a drink or something...?" Have you ever had a conversation like that one after coming out of the cinema? Movies immerse you into the authentic language and culture of English-speaking countries. But, to...
How To Travel With TV Series: An Interview With Elfin Waters From All About Italian
I'm thrilled to introduce you to my long-time friend and fellow online language teacher, Elfin Waters from All About Italian, where she helps Italian learners stay connected to the language, country and themselves by watching popular Italian TV shows. Elfin was one of...
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