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"Titanic". Correct my story Yesterday I watched one of my favourite film "Titanic" by James Cameron, in English without subtitles. It vas very difficult for me, but I liked it. There are a lot of new words, especially marine terms. Almost all the actors spoke faster and unclearly. But I really enjoyed their voices and intonation. This was more pleasant then to watche it in Rusian. But I suppose that it's too early to watch such difficult and long films. Perhaps, I will start from serials. For example, I like "Desperate Housewives". But before to watch it, I need read subtitles (only unknown words, not reading whole text) and then I can understand more or less English speech. I have read about this method of improving English recently on Youtube. I hope I can do it)) And do you have some method how to start understanding English speech?

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"Titanic". Correct my story

Yesterday I watched one of my favourite films, "Titanic" by James Cameron, in English without subtitles. It was very difficult for me, but I liked it. There were a lot of new words, especially marine terms. Almost all the actors spoke faster and unclearly, but I really enjoyed their voices and intonation. This was more pleasant than to watche it in Russian.

But I suppose that it's too early to watch such difficult and long films. Perhaps, I will start from with serials. For example, I like "Desperate Housewives", but before to I watch it, I need to read the subtitles (only unknown words, not reading the whole text) and then I can more or less understand more or less English speech.(Ruthi's suggestion for the word order is also fine) I have read about this method of improving English recently on Youtube. I hope I can do it))

And do you have some method of how to start understanding English speech?

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"Titanic". Please correct my story

Yesterday I watched one of my favourite film "Titanic" by James Cameron, in English without subtitles. It vas very difficult for me, but I liked it. There are a lot of new words, especially marine terms. Almost all the actors spoke faster and unclearly. But I really enjoyed their voices and intonation. This was more pleasant then to watche it in Rusian.

But I suppose that it's too early to watch such difficult and long films. Perhaps, I will start from serials. For example, I like "Desperate Housewives". But before to watch it, I need read subtitles (only unknown words, not reading whole text) and then I can understand more or less English speech. I have read about this method of improving English recently on Youtube. I hope I can do it))

And do you have some method how to start understanding English speech?

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"Titanic". Correct my story

Yesterday I watched one of my favourite film "Titanic" by James Cameron, in English without subtitles. It vas very difficult for me, but I liked it. There are a lot of new words, especially marine terms. Almost all the actors spoke fast and unclearly. But I really enjoyed their voices and intonation. This was more pleasant then to watche it in Rusian.

But I suppose that it's too early to watch such difficult and long films. Perhaps, I will start with serials. For example, I like "Desperate Housewives". But before I watch it, I need to  read subtitles (only unknown words, not reading whole text) and then I can understand English speech  more or less . I have read about this method of improving English recently on Youtube. I hope I can do it))

And do you have some method how to start understanding English speech?

 

This is a really good piece of writing with not many mistakes! I think your method is a good one. BUt of course speaking to different Native Speakers is another method of improving your comprehension skills as well as your speaking.

Good luck!

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Good advice, Margherita) Thank you!
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You could listen audiobooks and read the text at the same time. Or, better, listen 5 or 10 minutes of an audiobook at least twice, see what you understand, and then read the text. And then listen and read at the same time. This way you should improve your listening skills and remember how to pronounce words (it's very challenging in English). Easy readers (fiction books aimed at ESL students) are usually easier than normal books and they often include an audio-cd. Good luck!

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