Trying to Watch "House of Cards"
I need to improve my listening and conversation skills. I can read pretty good, but I have so much difficulty when I have to talk to someone in English. I fell like I'm not choosing the right words and it semms like words are "mixed" when listening to a native English speaker.
So I decided to watch House of Cards series in English, with English subtitles on. I'm enjoying a lot the show, but there are many expressions I can't get and I think I'm missing some important points. I wonder if it would be better try to watch cartoons or action movies like Rambo, The Expendables etc., because they should have simpler and more direct lines.
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Trying to Watch "House of Cards"
I need to improve my listening and conversation skills. I can read pretty good well, but I have so much difficulty when I have to talk to someone in English. I fell feel like I'm not choosing the right words and it semms seems like words are "mixed" when listening to a native English speaker.
So I decided to watch the House of Cards series in English, with English subtitles on. I'm enjoying the show a lot the show, but there are many expressions I can't get and I think I'm missing some important points. I wonder if it would be better try to watch cartoons or action movies like Rambo, The Expendables etc., because they should may have simpler and more direct lines.
You might be right. I've seen House of Cards and I think it has some complex dialog.
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Também tenho o mesmo problema. Comecei a assistir séries com legendas em inglês não faz muito tempo, mas tenho optado por séries que tem situações mais rotineiras. Não acho que você deva desistir de House of Cards- acho que você poderia assistir em inglês e depois com legendas em português para entender os pontos que você perdeu e assim assimilar um novo vocabulário. Poderia também alternar com séries ou filmes mais fáceis.
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Hi Georgia, in truth I'm not much into series, I prefer movies. I like scifi, action and drama.
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It can get very hard. What I do when I watch a TV series in another language is try to write down at least 3-5 new sayings that I hear per episode. That was I am always picking up new things even if I don't understand it the first time. What type of shows do you like? Maybe I can recommend some slightly easier ones to you :)
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I have the same problem) I can read and write in English not bad. But I'm afraid of speaking. So I have decided to speak with native teacher and today I've signed up on this site. I hope it is will be useful for me.
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