Can watching TV series improve my oral FLUENCY?

Can Watching TV Series Improve My Oral FLUENCY?

What is "Fluency"?

1. Your speech rate will be faster and smoother;

2. Natural pauses are also taken care of;

3. Automatically retrieve words;

4. Effectively and appropriately manage interruption (with social graces)

How to improve oral fluency is a big problem in the minds of English learners!

Maybe you've memorized 5,000 words; you know grammar very well; you can also read a long article quickly......

But you cannot or are afraid to speak English fluently!

If you have social phobia or lack opportunities to practice speaking with others, these are not problems.

It's time for TECHNOLOGY to help you change!

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There is an interesting way that you can help your students to promote oral fluency.

👉   Practice your speaking with TV Series

I believe that many of you have your own favourite TV series, such as Harry Potter, Friends, the Modern Family and so on...... 

So why not improve your English while having fun? 

I found a treasure blogger whose channel you can find TV series that interest you! 

By listening, following and imitating, you can gradually and naturally learn the native speaker's accent, liaison and slur words. 

“Keep it fun, make it a habit”

💬   Tips

1. Watch with subtitles.

2. Pay attention to the intonation, stress, liaison and slur words.

3. Practice (repeat) several times, and you can speed up the playback.

4. Watch the accompanying video explanation if you have time.

💻   Here is an example:

Learn English with SpongeBob

👉   Limitations

1. Sometimes it is time-consuming if you repeat it several times;

2. Require learners' autonomy;

3. Young learners might not be free to access technology;

💓   Possible solutions

1. Teachers can involve such videos in classroom activity design. It is also a demonstration. Students can learn how to effectively use this method to practise fluency, and practise at home. Use a 2-3 minutes clip, and play it several times in the classroom. And then, group students. Let them play a role-playing game based on the video. In this way can not only achieve the purpose of practice, but also stimulate their motivation for learning.

2. Make watching videos homework, but don't make it a burden. The teacher can set it up once a week, and invite students to write a weekly learning Journal (share videos they watched; evaluate their changes in fluency; reflect on some problems and ask their teacher or classmates for help).

💟 💟 💟 Hope it helps~