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1、Learning from English movies2004-6-4 ItispossibletolearnEnglishbywatchingmovies,butonlytoalimiteddegree.Herearesomesuggestionsonhowtolearnfrommovies.Moviescanbeusefultothelanguagelearner.Foronething,theyprovideusefulinput.MovieEnglishdiffersfromtheEnglishyoufindinnewspapersandbooks,becausewrittenEng
2、lishandspokenEnglisharequitedifferent.Inmovies,youwillfindmoreslangandagreatnumberofdifferentaccents.Exposuretothesethingsimprovesyourlisteningandcanhelpyoutosoundmorefluent.Secondly,moviesofferauthenticEnglish.(ThisisEnglishasitisreallyspokeninwesterncountries.)ToomanyEnglishtextbooksuseformalEngli
3、sh.Itsoundsunnatural,andstudentswhouseitsoundlikerobotswhentheyspeak.(This,inmyexperience,isabigproblemwithChinesestudentsofEnglish.)So,overall,IwouldsaythatmoviesareausefulsupplementtoyourEnglishstudy.However,letmetellyousomethingveryimportant:thevalueofwatchingmoviesdependsentirelyonhowyouusethem.
4、Ifyouusethemproperly,theyareveryvaluable.Ifyoudonottheyarealmostworthless!SittinginfrontofaTVwithoutdoinganythingispassive.Beingpassiveisnotgenerallyagoodwaytolearnanything.Youneedtobeengagedinthelearningbypreparingforit,researchingit,discussingit,takingnotes,doingfollow-up,etc.ThisiswhatIcallintera
5、ctivelearning.Interactivelearningismoreeffectivethanpassivelearning.Unlessyouinteractwiththeinputyouwillforgetitsoonafterwards.Inmyexperience,peoplevastlyoverestimatethevalueofmoviesasalearningtool.Theythinkyoucanjustwatchmoviesandlearn.Youcannot.Andifyourelyonmoviesasamajorsourceofinputforyourlearn
6、ing,thinkagain.Besureitsnotjustaneasyexcuse.Letmetellyoumoreabouthowtousemoviesinadisciplinedandsystematicway.Hereareafewtips:ResearchthemovieonlinebeforewatchingitIdentifythemainideaofthemovieTakenotesonthekeyvocabularyDiscusstheseideasandwordswithyourfriendWatchpartofthemovie,thenstopitanddiscussi
7、tTakemorenotesandusethenewvocabularyinyourdiscussionAfterthemovieisfinished,followupthroughdiscussion,andfurtherreadingonthetopic,etc.Letmemakeanotherpoint.Moviescanbedifficulttounderstand.Sureyouhaveanadvantagewithamoviethatyoucanseewhatishappeningandyoucanstop/startit.However,thecharacterstendtospeakfastandusealotofslang.(Someofthesewordsyoudonotneedtolearn.)Insomeways,moviesaremoredifficulttounderstandthanbooks.Iftheydonthavesubtitles,theycanbehardtolearnfrom.
