Shoot me all those cop killers! (shootez-moi-tous-ces-tueurs-de-flics.mp3 70KB)

This is a bit harder and requires more concentration, but it lets you listen to the real sounds of your target language, the way it is actually spoken. You will not match each sound to the English translation in the subtitles, but you should remember a few phrases from the film – and know what they mean. If you really like the movie, you can watch it several times. You can also learn a scene that you like by heart. After all many people use movie lines for amusement (Schwarzenegger with his ‘I’ll be back’). Why not in another language? Personnally, I am quite a movie fan and remember quite a few dialogs from my many favorite movies.

For instance in ‘Le Dobermann’ , a 1997 French movie by Jan Kounen, actor Tchéky Karyo, a cranked-out Paris cop, begins the showdown scene with those memorable words ‘Shootez-moi tous ces tueurs de flics!’  (shoot me all those cop killers!). You may not agree with him, but you will probably remember that French for cop is flic .

The more you watch movies in foreign languages, the more lines and dialogs you will remember. Of course you'll need to listen to them again and again to remember them correctly, but with subtitled DVDs this has become as easy as it gets.