My 5 Favorite Movies for English Fluency

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hey Naturals I have a question for you have you  ever thought about how some people seem to stay  
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stuck at the same level in English forever I don't  know maybe you feel this way and other people seem  
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to learn easily quickly so naturally they speak  confidently well I've noticed a pattern and my  
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students who learn more quickly they are going  outside of pres finding materials like movies that  
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they enjoy and using those to their advantage  strategically using movies that they enjoy to  
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improve their fluency their listening skills  vocabulary even their speaking skills because  
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of course you can follow along and you can you can  Shadow you can speak along with the movie and not  
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only does it improve their language skills but  movies improve their cultural understanding so  
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they're able to understand jokes kind of Insider  cultural jokes that others just don't understand  
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if they haven't seen these movies and don't know  the cultural context so in this video I'm going  
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to share five of my favorite American movies that  will help you improve your fluency in the English  
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language so I think they'll be not only fun and  enjoyable but they'll also help help you reach  
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your language learning goals and I want to share  a really cool app that I've found called lingo  
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that helps us to learn languages through movies  I absolutely love the app I love the concept  
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because this is something that I've done forever  you know watching movies in the languages that  
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I'm learning but sometimes the movies can feel  overwhelming it's a lot to watch in English or  
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in the language that you're learning for 2 hours  so lingo Pai helps break it down and I'm going to  
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show you exactly how it works just keep watching  until the end so you can see how this can really  
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benefit your English fluency when I was learning  Spanish I was lucky enough to spend a semester  
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abroad in a Spanish-speaking country but when  I got back home I was struggling with keeping  
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my Spanish up and I felt really stuck so one way  that I immersed myself in the Spanish language  
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was to watch movies in Spanish and this is a  way that you can keep your English up and keep  
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improving it now without further Ado I'd like to  share my top five movies my recommendations for  
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you perhaps for this weekend you could watch  them if you haven't yet and let me know what  
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you think and I'd like to ask you to leave your  favorite movies in English in the comments ments  
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and maybe we can share and Swap and recommend  movies to each other that we'd enjoy all right  
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I'll be watching for your comments number five is  The Devil Wears product I absolutely loved this  
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movie it's set in the fashion industry and for  language learning it features both informal and  
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formal English so if you're curious about how the  English language changes when you're around your  
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friends versus your colleagues or a work situation  where you want to be more professional more formal  
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this is the movie to watch it's rich in idiomatic  expressions and you're going to learn a lot about  
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culture maybe it will even help you to freshen up  your style as well so if you want to understand  
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everyday English conversations The Devil Wears  product should be high on your movies to watch  
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list do you work in Tech or do you spend a lot of  time on social media then my fourth favorite movie  
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The Social Network offers insight into modern  American culture complete with tech vocabulary  
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the jargon may be a little Advanced for some but  it is great for advancing your English language  
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and if you work in this field or you talk a lot  about technology or social networking then this is  
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a great movie for you to watch it offers insight  into modern American culture and Global culture  
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for that matter because social networking is  global of course but this is a really great  
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movie to watch if you're interested in technical  vocabulary it features contemporary language with  
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clear enunciation and everyday conversation it  is fastpaced so it's great if you want to advance  
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your English to the fluent level I'd like to thank  the sponsor of this video lingo pie for making it  
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possible to share my top five favorite movies  with you lingo Pai has an extend ensive Content  
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Library so you'll never get bored you'll always  have new content to watch one feature I love are  
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the interactive subtitles that actually allow you  to click on a keyword to understand it better you  
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can also add vocabulary to your list for flash  cards and study the words later which really  
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helps your memory because we need to see a new  vocabulary word about 30 times before remembering  
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it so lingopie gives you this great combination  of access to content lots of movies the ability  
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to look up new vocabulary quickly and easily save  it for reference and studying and repetition later  
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repetition and practice through quizzes and of  course you can practice saying the vocabulary  
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words as well and check your pronunciation so  I highly recommend that you try lingo Pai today  
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with my exclusive discount code the link is in  the comments my number three movie is one of my  
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favorites I can't believe that it's over 20 years  old now this is a great movie with basic clear  
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essential English it's called Cast Away have you  seen it it features minimal clear English problem  
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solving key phrases and vocabulary and this is  one of two movies in my list with Tom Hanks one  
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of my favorite actors so you have to know who Tom  Hanks is if you're learning English come on he's  
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an icon the number two movie focuses on clear  natural everyday English which is so essential  
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for you to improve your listening skills and your  speaking for everyday conversation you're going  
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to see in this movie real life conversations  practical vocabulary that you will use on an  
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everyday basis not only that but the story line is  very interesting so I love this movie I think you  
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will too it's called The Pursuit of Happiness the  themes of determination and perseverance in this  
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movie are universally relatable even though it  will also offer you an eye into American culture  
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so highly recommend the pursuit of happiness  my number one movie it also has Tom Hanks this  
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the second movie in my list of five with Tom Hanks  one of my favorite actors can you guess what it is  
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it's a movie movie set in the 1960s in the United  States with a main character who speaks slowly  
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simply and has an amazing look into American  culture at this pivotal time in our history you  
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get to see the south of the us through the various  themes and you get to meet various characters that  
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really make the storyline come alive some  of these characters are iconic the dialogue  
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is straightforward but the movie also gives you  a glimpse into American history can you guess  
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what it is it's Forest Gump one of my all-time  favorite movies now making it easier than ever  
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to learn English through movies is an online  language learning platform called lingo pie  
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that allows you to learn directly from authentic  movies such as these and many many more when you  
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do try lingo Pie make sure to post how it's  going for you and tag go natural English so  
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I can see your progress I would love to know  how it's going and see more of your journey  
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towards English fluency so thank you so much  for watching and I cannot wait to see you soon  
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with your lingo Pai progress and in the next video  here at go natural English all right bye for now
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