by EFL Listening Teacher | understand English movies |
The Three Best TV Series For American English Listening Practice Updated September 2022 What better way is there to get American English listening practice than to watch TV series? I can still remember the day I saw the pilot episode of the Walking Dead. I walked into...
by EFL Listening Teacher | mindset and motivation |
The 80/20 Rule For Subtitle Freedom Do you aim for 100% in what you do? I’m a recovering perfectionist. I used to want 110%. Not in everything. But in my work and studies, yes please. Nothing brings out the perfectionist in us perfectionists like learning another...
by EFL Listening Teacher | understand English movies |
Why Are Movies In English So Hard To Understand? Updated October 2021 Have you seen the film Arrival? It’s possibly the coolest, mainstream linguistics film ever. In fact, I think it’s the only mainstream linguistics film ever. It’s about a linguist, Dr Louise...
by EFL Listening Teacher | understand English movies |
How can we make sense of the most difficult year of our collective lives? Through the magic of cinema. Going forward with Leo Listening in 2021, I want to focus not only on helping you understand movies in English and native English speakers without subtitles, but...
by EFL Listening Teacher | Interview |
Instead of binge watching movies, would you like to turn them into a language learning tool? Well, that’s exactly what my guest, Curtis Mintah managed to figure out. Curtis is from Ghana where English is an official language, but it’s not the one he grew...