How To Learn A Language By Watching TV

Tv isn't just for entertaining! You can also use it to learn a language! Try this....
Every time you order or watch a movie or program try to use subtitles. Just about every DVD has an option to select subtitles. If your movie has an option to view the subtitles in your targeted language..let's say Spanish for example..then watch them in Spanish.

I think it is great to watch movies in English while viewing the subtitles in another language. In this way you can learn and pick out news words and expressions in that language. This helps your reading and also your comprehension skills. This works even better with movies that you have already seen before also perhaps more than once. Being that you already familiar with the word contents in English and scenes, now the next time seeing the movie you will be focusing more on the new language.

You could do the same by viewing the movie in (example Spanish) the language and then have the subtitles in English to now focus on hearing the Spanish equivalents of the English. This method is simple and fun because you will doing something that you already like to do and that is  - watching tv! However, at the same time you will be learning new things simultaneously! You know kids do this all day day long and more so being unconscious of the fact. They have programs like Dora the Explorer which deliver words in both Spanish and English. Kids absorb these entertaining themes everyday and never forget what they learn. My 5 year old niece loves this cartoon and has already learned some Spanish words.

So watching tv is great and even better when you use it to your advantage to help you learn your targeted language. If not movies, try to see if you cable company has special packages that offer channels in your targeted language. Most companies do and it can be reasonable depending on how many channels you select. Sometimes you can even streamline or get international channels directly from other countries live. Try to find at least one station that you can watch (Ex Univision, Telemundo, etc) that you can use to help you find tune your ears and get more exposure to the language.