Watch These Movies to Improve Your English

The process of learning a second language can be tiring and gruesome due to constant grammar quizzes, teacher lectures and heavy textbooks. However, English has become much more prevalent among the masses around the world. This means that individuals today are exposed to non-traditional ways of learning. In this article, we’ll discuss with you one such way!

5 Movies To Improve Your English

Who doesn’t spend their weekends binge-watching their favourite tv show or a movie on Netflix? Binge-watching has become the most common way of passing time or the most common leisure activity. Here are our recommendations for top 5 movies to improve your English:

Forrest Gump

The central message of the story is to never give up. From birth, Forrest, i.e the protagonist is handicapped both mentally and physically; however, he never lets that stand in the way of him pursuing his dreams or doing the job that he has been told to do. The film is based in Alabama and is overall a great watch for beginners.

The King’s Speech

The movie The King’s Speech provides deep insight into the life of King George VI. It is about how he tries to overcome his stammering problem with the help of speech therapist, Lionel Logue and makes himself worthy enough to lead his country through World War II. This movie will teach you everything you need to know about English pronunciation. Forrest’s slow, clear and uncomplicated speech makes it easy to follow the movie’s plot and increases your understanding of the English language.

Clueless

This movie is a must-watch if you’re looking to up your slang game. It is loosely based on Jane Austen‘s 1815 novel Emma, with a modern-day setting of Beverly Hills.The plot centers on Cher Horowitz, a beautiful, popular and rich high school student who befriends a new student named Tai Frasier and decides to give her a makeover. It has everything you need to know about the ’90s and how people used to use English back then.

Jurassic Park

For a rollicking sci-fi adventure involving dinosaurs in the 21st century, Jurassic World is the one to watch. The fourth instalment of the Jurassic Park film series is set 22 years after the events of the first entry. However, the stakes are higher now as a fearsome genetically-engineered dinosaur escapes and wreaks murderous havoc.

Hollywood stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard speak in everyday language used in daily situations, which makes it easy to follow the movie. The movie is a great watch if you want to improve your scientific vocabulary as well.

The Queen

Keeping the royal theme, you can learn some seriously refined British English accents in this movie based on the UK Royal Family’s reaction to the death of Princess Diana. Full of drama, expensive sets and actress Helen Mirren doing her best impression of the Queen (and her very posh accent!).

We hope this article helped you! You can also check out these web series to improve your English.