Benefits of Watching English Films
For English learners,watching English films is a very good way to improve one's listening and speaking.Though it cannot replace the role of reading,it is a great source of regular English input.
There are many benefits of watching English films.First,you get to listen to the characters speak in a real world context.The actors in the film would try to act as if things are happening in the real life,so you can learn how people speak in these circumstances:the speed,the pause and the intonation.Second,you can improve your listening for different accents.In a film,most likely there are actors from different places with different accents.Unlike the reading in tapes and the news on the radio,they don't try to speak standard English.They speak with accent and this is good for learning.And finally,in English films,you get to see a lot of cultural related to the language.This is something you can't always learn from a textbook.
Generally speaking,watching English films is a very good way of learning English.This holds true even for the advanced learners,for the various benefits only a film can provide.
