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| osoymar Tetraglot Pro Member United States Joined 4558 days ago 190 posts - 344 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Spanish, French Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 17 26 June 2013 at 6:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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@Jazzy, do the libraries in your area carry DVDs? My city's library has a wide selection
of DVDs, although because so many people have checked them out they often get scratched up. I believe that you can watch PBS (the American Public Broadcasting Service) in other countries, and they do have closed captions (subtitles). Unfortunately most of the programs are documentaries- the only fictional show I'm aware of is a British import. You could also check ebay or similar sites. I've been able to get very cheap dvds of series that are not so old that way. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jazzy1979 Newbie France Joined 4002 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Studies: English | Message 10 of 17 26 June 2013 at 8:42pm | IP Logged | ||
Oh yes great idea . Time for me to renew my library card , there are a lot old dvds there . 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4537 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 11 of 17 26 June 2013 at 8:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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You might also sign up for Netflix or something like that, if it's available in your country. They usually have subtitles!
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6731 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 12 of 17 26 June 2013 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | ||
Native language subtitles usually don't match unless they're called "hard of hearing" or something like that. If I activate the Swedish teletext subs on any TV program, they rarely match the audio word for word, but still make it easier for the viewer to follow what's going on. The subtitles shouldn't be displayed too long and at the same time, they should cover most of the information, hence the "mismatch". According to the Swedish wiki, it is said that countries with a weaker subtitling tradition are more eager to include everything, resulting in more time spent on reading the subtitles. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4831 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 13 of 17 27 June 2013 at 2:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Netflix is american only. The French have the Amazon service, something like lovefilm or whatever.
Actually I am really surprised the OP is French, it is one of the few european countries where people do have great access to foreign culture, where there is no discrimination by delivery fees etc. and probably where public libraries can afford to have wide selection of dvds because the parasite protectors don't try to strip them naked for lending those. Jazzy, there are many options for you, I'm sure you'll have no trouble once you look around. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4650 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 14 of 17 27 June 2013 at 2:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Also, don't totally give up on the listening option (you said you liked listening to
motivational speakers). But perhaps try to vary the input. Perhaps listen to debates, interviews, maybe drama or comedy. Anything to vary the vocabulary and perhaps to some extent, the accent and manner of speaking. You should be able to find a lot of material online which is legally free. It's just a question of finding something which will capture your interest over longish periods. And if you want to record streaming audio on your computer, give the free Audacity software a try. (Audacity can also slow down speech without changing the pitch, in case that might be useful). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4432 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 15 of 17 27 June 2013 at 5:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know if they would have the types of shows you want but if you don't mind a Canadian accent, the CBC has video on line of a number of shows. You can click on CC to get the captions in English.
I can't say if they're all available to watch outside of Canada, however. http://www.cbc.ca/player/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jazzy1979 Newbie France Joined 4002 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Studies: English | Message 16 of 17 27 June 2013 at 5:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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Because i am only discovering the learning language world , prior to that i wasn't aware of all the material available on the internet or on my libraries , i was learning on my own . I think i am gonna sign up to the amazon service (lovefilm) , because the Netflix stuff doesn't work here .
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