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| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5452 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 6 20 September 2013 at 7:20am | IP Logged | ||
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I have a question. For an English learner at advanced level, which is better, watching a movie with English subtitle OR a movie without subtitle?
For me, when watching a movie without subtitle, i can only understand 85% of the conversation since there is lots of slangs or slurred pronunciation. But with subtitle, I am busy focusing the words or expressions I don't know. It seems an unnatural way of learning. Any advice? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6911 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 6 20 September 2013 at 10:41am | IP Logged | ||
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I think you've answered the question yourself.
If you understand 85% - and think you would enjoy it more if you understood more, then use subtitles. If you have a greater problem focusing on the subtitles than trying to guess the meaning of the missing 15%, then don't use them. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4830 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 3 of 6 20 September 2013 at 2:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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@chenshujian: I think the usual advice is to watch it both with, and without, and that
would seem particularly applicable in your case. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5452 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 4 of 6 20 September 2013 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4624 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 5 of 6 28 September 2013 at 4:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wearing good quality headphones helps you capture more of the languages, especially if speech is mumbled
or if regional accents are being spoken. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4638 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 6 of 6 28 September 2013 at 5:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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I asked the same question before, and I took the advice which was to just keep watching without subtitles. If you can understand 85% without subs, chances are that you know every word being said, but can't process it right away. My comprehension went up and I no longer rely on subtitles unless it's a show or movie I really want to see and don't want to miss a word.
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