Learning Dairy

Since that one of my teachers told me that you can only aquire a language when you really use it, I convinced myself to write down something in English everyday, and wait to see if there're is any improvements 1*.
Today, I'm going to write down something about an old but still very popular among Chinses English learners American TV series 2*----Friends.
Before I saw this TV show(r there many differences beween TV show and TV series?)3*, I heared about it many times in English learning forums, many many people recommend it as a funny TV show which has daily dialogues and is suitable for people to learn oral English. (They also recommend Modern Family, Desperate Housewife,etd. Are thiese worth watching?)They also suggest a method that needs to be followed if you want to improve English by watching TV. I think this method may also be helpful for learning other languages(except Chinese, although I'm a Chinsese, I have to say it's really among one of the most difficult languages in the world ). Steps as followed:
1. Just watch it with subtitles, from beginning to the end. Feed your curiosity, understand the main plot and characters.
2. After knowing what this TV show is talking about, watch it a second time. This time try to focus on listening. Write down new words and phrases.
3.Watch it  a third times. Do not look at the subtitles.
4. Pick up the sentences that you may often use but don't know how to speak correctly, recite them, learn them by heart.
OK, today I've wrote  written enough words, will write about Friends next time.

1* improvement is usually uncountable.

2* a bit lone - maybe- something about an old American TV series, but one that is still very popular among Chinses English learners  ----Friends.

3* series is in several episodes. A show could also be just one program.

Very well corrected and explained.