Hey everyone,
As some of you know I've been watching a lot of movies in Cantonese to help with my fluency. Yesterday I came across a link and I related a lot to what the author describes. I know we've had discussions in the past about it already, but I'm providing the link if others are brand new to Cantonese and think that if they watch two hundred films back-to-back-to-back then some magic genie will appear and grant them perfect Cantonese (I wish it was that easy!).
Anyway, here's the link:
[www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com]
I want to point out some facts that I definitely agree with.
1. Active learning such as conversations with natives, vocab memorization, grammar practice is ALWAYS ALWAYS more important and helpful than passive learning such as listening to the radio or watching film.
2. Turn off the English sub-titles!! If you're committed to learning a language then don't be afraid to try watching a movie you might not understand.
3. Movies can be too long and should be watched for personal entertainment rather than be used as regular study time. With Youtube available there are a lot of Cantonese video blogs that are about ten minutes each and then you can translate the comments to find out more of what's going on.
Anyway, I hope the article helps anyone else out. It didn't really help me but it I thought it was a decent well-thought article.
As some of you know I've been watching a lot of movies in Cantonese to help with my fluency. Yesterday I came across a link and I related a lot to what the author describes. I know we've had discussions in the past about it already, but I'm providing the link if others are brand new to Cantonese and think that if they watch two hundred films back-to-back-to-back then some magic genie will appear and grant them perfect Cantonese (I wish it was that easy!).
Anyway, here's the link:
[www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com]
I want to point out some facts that I definitely agree with.
1. Active learning such as conversations with natives, vocab memorization, grammar practice is ALWAYS ALWAYS more important and helpful than passive learning such as listening to the radio or watching film.
2. Turn off the English sub-titles!! If you're committed to learning a language then don't be afraid to try watching a movie you might not understand.
3. Movies can be too long and should be watched for personal entertainment rather than be used as regular study time. With Youtube available there are a lot of Cantonese video blogs that are about ten minutes each and then you can translate the comments to find out more of what's going on.
Anyway, I hope the article helps anyone else out. It didn't really help me but it I thought it was a decent well-thought article.