Subtitles and Closed Caption

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For You to Do:

First, watch your English tv series in your native language’s audio and subtitles to understand the main themes and storylines.
Switch to English audio and closed captions for a limited time—once you grasp the meaning behind the show.
Use a dictionary, phrasebook, or thesaurus to look up vocabulary words and unusual expressions (e.g.,raining cats and dogs).

Vocabulary Acquisition Tips

Note the most common words by theme and alphabetical order.

Focus on word order and structure for clearer, accurate speech.

Note that a word can function as more than just one part of speech (e.g., but).

There is a dictionary definition and a cultural meaning.

Some phrases aren’t meant literally (e.g., metaphors).

Review words in increasing intervals using apps like Anki.

Apply What You Learned Part

References to Review