think that watching movies in English to help me learn it faster if I lose time??
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Hello Katarzyna:
Yes, watching movies can help you. Also, you can learn English faster if you watch a movie musical, and have the lyrics to the songs. If you read and study the vocabulary of the songs, before you heard them sung in the movie, you will understand so much more.
For example, I have the lyrics for the movie musical "OLIVER!" I have edited all of them to make them accurate, and can e-mail them to you if you wish. Also, here is a list of movie musicals that I recommend. You can watch these for study materials and get their Lyrics from the Internet. (Sometimes the printed lyrics do not exactly match the words you hear in the movie. That is why I edit the lyrics.) You can also improve your understanding by reading reviews and a something about the story line on the Internet. This is called a "synopsis" of the story. That can help.
Great Movie Musicals make for great Lesson Materials for learning English
These are not arranged in a special order, such as "best" or anything like that.
"Oliver!" 1968 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063385/
"My Fair Lady!" 1964 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058385/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"The Sound of Music" 1965 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/
"The Music Man" 1962 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056262/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"West Side Story" 1961 (based upon William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"Camelot" 1967 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061439/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
"State Fair" 1962 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056526/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"The King and I" 1956 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049408/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"Mary Poppins" 1964 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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You are fantasising (again?). Find a good teacher. Attend a course. Diligently do your homework.
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"Do you think that watching movies in English will help me learn it faster in less time?"
No. It's not a trick, and believe me you're hardly the first person to have thought of this.
The fact is, if you want to be any good at English, you still need to put pen to paper, as well as speaking and interacting with people. This means work, attention and practice.
Sitting and watching a movie (and taking notes) is not a bad idea, but there are far more economic and practical ways of using your time to learn English.
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Katarzyna:
Do not be discouraged by some of the messages you get about having a teacher and so forth. If it was easy to do all of these things, you would have done it already.
Songs and Movie dialogue are a part of our study; but they can make up some of the best
study materials we have for learning. We should also read and practice writing.
Good luck to you.
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It will help you if you find English movies with English subtitle.
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