Cinema is wonderful. I didn't realise that when I started my degree in Film & Television Studies, let alone think of it as an invaluable tool to learn language. 

Much like reading, it improves your vocabulary with visual associations and enhances your pronunciation. It also fine tunes your ear to being more receptive to absorbing the words - your listening skills are being utilised and refined with each minute!

I find it a seriously engaging method for learning languages and would advise any student to watch as many films as they can. Resist the urge to pick up your cell phone or multitask while you watch. Let yourself get lost in the story and enjoy the language acquisition. 

What can be even more fun is learning how to watch a film with a critical eye - being aware of cinematography and stylistic choices by the director and thinking about why they made those choices and how it enhances or detracts from the film. 

If you would like to learn how to do this and open the doors to a super fun and creative way to improve your English, I offer a Film Study lesson! These are by far my favourite lessons to teach and my students have loved them so far. I learn so much with every film consumed and I am so excited for the next one, every time!

Do you think using film to learn languages is something you'd like to do?