If you like movies, you have a

powerful tool to improve your

English classes and become
fluent in a short time.
First choose a movie you really
like and start your work.
11 DVD settings
If you are a high skilled learner choose “audio – English;
no captions”. If you still have some difficulties
understanding spoken English, set it to “audio – English;
English captions”.
Watch it first time, paying attention to the scenes and
listen to the dialogs. People who use captions don’t pay
attention to the actors’ voices, so they don’t learn
anything.
22 Take notes
Watch the movie again, but this time
take notes. If you don’t understand a
sentence, repeat it until you are able
to listen to all of its words.
Make a list of words you don’t know
and mark the scene / situation it was
used in the movie. Context is pretty
important to define the words
meanings.
33 Search on the internet
Access a site with movies info and search the movie.
Read the plot, what the critics say about it, the
readers’ opinions. Of course it’s to be done in English.
Read about the “making-off”, things that happened
while it was being filmed, the director’s, actors’ and
actresses’ filmography. Look for the words meanings.
If you like the movie, you’ll also like to know more
about it, its actors and actresses, the director’s
biography, etc.
After your research, make a summary on everything
you found about the movie.
Make another research: “movie title” + “forums” and
read about mistakes in scenes, curious things about
the movie, etc. Also search for communities on the
internet, where you’ll find lots of people talking about
the movie, and it’ll help you understand it completely.
If you have some questions about the movie, post
them on the forums and you’ll get several answers.
Don’t forget to thank the members.
44 Try to get some contacts
There are tons of communities with millions
of movies fans. Join the one you feel like
participating in and join the conversation.
Maybe you find some natives who will
appreciate to talk to you about the movie.
If they agree, add them to your messenger
contacts list and talk to them. Try to write
and also the video conversation. Join any
video chats you find in your community.
55 Search for YouTube videos
You’ll find links in your community, if
you don’t, just access
http://youtube.com and search with
the movie title.
Watch the scenes, read the
comments, comment when you find
like doing it. The more you
communicate in English, the more
your English gets better.
Bookmark your favorite videos and
try to write the dialogs. Check them
with the video and read them aloud.
66 Fully understanding
Watch the movie as many times as you find
necessary during all the steps described here,
until you fully understand all the dialogs.
Whenever you find a new word, take notes and
look up at http://dictionary.reference.com/.
If you feel insecure about a word pronunciation
or you can’t hear it properly during the movie, go
to http://howjsay.com and type it in the search
box. You’ll hear it pronounced as many times as
necessary. Good luck and keep learning!