BEST MOVIES FOR LEARNING ENGLISH - TOP 10 | Go Natural English

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Hey Naturals, what's up?
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It's your American English teacher Gabby here to help you with your fluency in
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English somebody make some popcorn because today we're talking about the top
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Ten movies to help you to learn English are you a movie buff do you love?
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Watching movies for fun and entertainment. Well. Why not use them to improve your English skills, too
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It's a different way of learning English, but it really works when I was learning Spanish
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back around
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2002 when I really was focused on improving my Spanish fluency I watched every single
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Spanish language movie I could get my hands on and I don't mean American movies that were dubbed or subtitled in Spanish
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I mean movies made in Spain or Mexico, Argentina
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I watched movies like Nueva Ramos and e tu mama tambien and L labyrinth oh and
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Elephant not though and what else Amore's perros now you know
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I really can't roll my arse even after years and years of Spanish study someone helped me
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But that's okay because I can communicate pretty well in Spanish pretty fluently and that's the main thing
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not perfection but connection
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So what are the top ten movies that I love in English?
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And I suggest for you well. Let me tell you
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watching movies is such a good way to work on your language skills because
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Movies, I mean well, they're not really real life. I mean they are movies not documentaries. They do show you
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natural language
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They are scripted
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But if acting is good
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Then they appear natural much more natural than other language learning resources can sometimes be so
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Especially if you're an intermediate or advanced language learner why not learn with movies because they also
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Give you a look into
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Culture and that's why I prefer to watch movies from one particular country
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for example if I'm learning Spanish
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I would probably try to watch more movies from Mexico because I'm learning Latin American Spanish
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Or if I wanted to learn Spanish Spanish European Spanish
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I would watch more movies from Spain and that way I could learn
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More about that culture and really focus in on the pronunciation from that country not only
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pronunciation
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But slang words too if you watched my video about different slang words between British and American English
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You'll understand there are some big differences, and I learned too. There's some big differences between
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European Spanish and Latin American Spanish so movies are a great way to understand
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How slang is used to understand culture to see how people actually communicate with each other in everyday situations?
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And some not so everyday situations, too if you're watching
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Sci-fi thriller Zoar action movies also movies are really fun
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And they'll give you something to talk about with your english-speaking friends and of course
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Watching movies is going to improve your listening skills as long as you don't completely
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always 100% rely on subtitles
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so I'll talk about that a little bit too when to use subtitles and
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When you shouldn't so if you are more of a beginner
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high beginner low intermediate or even an intermediate English language learner
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Then you can use subtitles. I really suggest that you watch a movie the first time with the subtitles on
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So that you can at least get a really confident idea of what the movies about and then watch it again
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Without the subtitles paying really close attention to the words that you're hearing
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So if you're familiar with the concept of the movie that will help you to understand it as well, so
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Try to choose movies that are about topics that you're already familiar with and that'll help you to understand when you're watching in English
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Definitely don't choose movies that are boring
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It's really great to watch classic movies
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But let's be honest some of them are a little bit slow and boring so just choose something
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You are interested in something that you enjoy and don't feel pressured to watch a movie
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Just because somebody else says it's on a list of the 100 classic movies that you must watch before you die or something like that
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Watch something that short and light small bits of movies broken up are
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Better than trying to do a movie marathon in English you don't want to overwhelm yourself or get fatigued from listening to English
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For too long keep it fun and enjoyable
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It's just like going to the gym and starting to work out again after not working out for a long time just
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Start small lift some light weights and keep going day after day
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And it's gonna get easier and before you know it you're gonna be lifting heavy weights and watching long movies
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That's the same thing right if you're watching movies by yourself
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then try to listen and repeat what you hear you can pause the movie and
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Copy what you just heard the actors say
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also
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You can try a shadowing or imitation technique and try to talk
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Along with the movie at the same time that you hear the actors speaking so that's pretty tiring though
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So I would recommend not doing that for the entire movie. Maybe just for five minutes also
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I don't suggest doing that if you're watching it with other people if you're watching a movie with your friends
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That's awesome, but maybe you won't be able to repeat after what you hear
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But try watching movies with your friends with other people who are learning English
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Have a movie night for your English study club or your colleagues who are interested in English?
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And that's a great way to form a community
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And to enjoy the movie together and then talk about it afterwards in English of course finally
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I really encourage you to keep an english movie
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Journal where you could jot down new words that you hear to look up in the dictionary
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after you watch the movie
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and you could write a summary of the movie or write your opinion of the movie that later you could share in a
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conversation with your english-speaking friends
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Without further ado let me share my top 10 favorite movies in English
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for you to learn English
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number 1
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Forrest Gump Forrest Gump is a classic
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But it's a classic that I love I will never get tired of this movie
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And it shows you a glimpse into the American South it's such a fun movie
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I highly recommend it next the King's Speech. This movie is all about
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Speaking English it's a real movie
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But you get a pronunciation lesson in it so a win win number three
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The break-up for something a little bit lighter a comedy about relationships
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I really enjoyed this movie so check it out. If you're kind of interested in that kind of
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Light romantic comedy next if you love all-out
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comedy try The Hangover The Hangover is
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Hilarious it's really funny. So it's about a group of guys that go to Las Vegas
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And they get a little crazy, and well you'll see I don't want to spoil it
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Next another light comedy romance which are called rom-coms. Yeah, romantic comedy is
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500 days of summer I watched this one in theatres when it first came out
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And it was really fun so if you want something light a rom-com check it out
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next number six one of my personal all-time favorite movies ever
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Because it has themes of freedom and independence
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and
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fighting for what you want in life is
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the Shawshank Redemption
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It's an amazing movie
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It's a little bit older
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but I think you'll enjoy it because it's just
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Moving I mean if you cry at the end don't blame me number five if you like Tom Hanks. You have to watch
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Castaway castaway was a really fun movie to watch for me because I always loved that question
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What would you do if you were stranded on a deserted island?
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And this movie is all about that Tom Hanks is an amazing actor in this movie
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So I think you'll really enjoy it number eight. It's a classic fun movie for adults and kids Toy Story
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You've got a watch Toy Story. It is just fun
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so if you have kids
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Definitely watch this with them number two The Hunger Games this movie has been huge in pop culture lately
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I'm gonna tell you a secret. I'm really sorry. I have not seen it yet well
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Let me know if you have seen it
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Should I watch it finally number 10 if you use facebook? You have to watch the social network
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Most people are using Facebook these days, and so you'll totally understand this movie
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Even if you haven't seen it before even if you don't watch it with subtitles
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I think that the idea of the movie is gonna be really clear because it's about how Facebook was
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Founded so there you have it my top
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Movies for you to improve your English language skills these will help you a lot with your listening and with your speaking if you try
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shadowing or
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Imitating what you hear the actors saying so hey?
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Let me know what you think of this list and if you watch the movies
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Tell me what you think in the comments leave a comment below
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I'll see you again soon bye for now
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