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  • Using videos to learn English is a great idea.

  • And obviously you already know this,

  • because you're watching this video here on YouTube.

  • And I often tell my students watching a video once

  • is a good idea to learn some English.

  • Watching the same video a second time

  • is a great idea as well,

  • but actually taking the time to listen to the video.

  • Yes. Listen to the video.

  • To close your eyes and listen,

  • or to simply look away and play the video,

  • and just listen to it, is also a really, really good idea.

  • And in this English lesson I will explain why

  • I think it's such a good idea.

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  • One of the reasons why I think it's a good idea

  • to listen to a video after having watched it

  • once or twice, is because people in videos tend to talk more

  • with their hands.

  • I don't know if you've watched any of my videos,

  • but you probably have noticed

  • that I talk with my hands a lot.

  • It's hard for me to keep my hands down here,

  • because I just want to use them when I'm talking.

  • When people talk with their hands,

  • it gives little hints about what they're talking about.

  • It helps you to subconsciously understand

  • what they are saying.

  • So when you watch the video,

  • and if I say something like you,

  • or I say something like me,

  • it's very easy for you to hear the word,

  • and to see my actions, and to connect the meaning together

  • in your mind.

  • But if you take some time after having watched a video

  • to listen to it, you don't get to see

  • all of the hand motions.

  • So you have to work a little harder to understand

  • what's being said.

  • And I think that's just a really good thing to do

  • to reinforce what you've learned when you watch the video,

  • by taking some time to listen to it.

  • Another thing you probably do

  • when you watch an English lesson,

  • is you probably watch the speaker's lips and mouth.

  • You probably do this without even thinking.

  • What you're doing is trying to connect the shape

  • of their mouth, and how they're moving their lips,

  • with the sounds that you are hearing.

  • And all this helps you understand what they're saying

  • just a little bit better.

  • It's probably a great idea to do this the first or second

  • time you watch an English lesson.

  • Do watch the person's mouth to see how they're shaping

  • their mouth when they make certain sounds,

  • and do watch their lips.

  • But it's probably very worthwhile to just for a third time,

  • listen, close your eyes, and listen to an English lesson,

  • without having those visual cues.

  • This will certainly be a good thing to do.

  • It will help you just understand purely what you're hearing

  • instead of using all of the little hints

  • that the mouth and lips are giving you.

  • So give that a try as well.

  • The other thing you might have noticed

  • when watching an English lesson,

  • is that the person will also communicate

  • with facial expressions and body language.

  • Facial expressions are things like this,

  • if I was talking about something happy I would smile, a lot,

  • while I was talking about it.

  • If I was talking about something sad,

  • I would probably have a sad face,

  • while I was talking about it.

  • Facial expressions help communicate

  • what the person is talking about.

  • They might also do different types of poses,

  • or they might shrug, or they'll do things with their body

  • that also help to communicate what they're saying

  • with their words.

  • So facial expressions and body language are two things

  • that you also see the first or second time

  • you watch an English lesson.

  • So I do think it's a good idea to listen to that lesson

  • after you've watched it once or twice,

  • to remove again those visual cues.

  • To kind of test your brain in a pure way

  • to see if you've actually heard and understood

  • the words the person was using.

  • A lot of times when kids are learning to ride a bike

  • they'll use training wheels.

  • Training wheels are small wheels that you attach

  • to a bike so that the kid doesn't fall over

  • when they're learning to ride it.

  • I think English subtitles on English lessons

  • are kind of like training wheels.

  • And just like training wheels,

  • they are useful in the beginning,

  • but eventually you should turn them off.

  • And as you know, most kids eventually

  • take their training wheels off,

  • because you don't see a lot of adults riding bikes

  • with training wheels on them.

  • But there always remains a temptation with subtitles.

  • Sometimes it's just really easy to turn them on,

  • so that you don't have to work too hard to understand

  • what the person's saying.

  • So here's what I recommend,

  • watch the video once with the subtitles on.

  • Watch the video a second time with the subtitles off.

  • And then, because this is about listening,

  • take some time to listen to the lesson

  • when you're not close to your computer,

  • when you can't see the subtitles, even if they are on,

  • because this will just force you to, once again,

  • hear the words and try to understand them

  • without any kind of assistance.

  • You'll notice when you watch my English lessons

  • that there's often things that appear on the screen

  • to help you understand what I'm talking about.

  • It might be a picture.

  • It might be a word with a definition.

  • But I always try to make sure that there are visual cues,

  • that there are things you can reference,

  • to help you understand what I'm talking about.

  • And these are great things to have, the first or second time

  • that you watch the video.

  • They just help to reinforce what I'm talking about

  • and they help to connect what you're hearing

  • with something that you can see visually.

  • But once again, probably a good idea to take some time

  • to just listen to the lesson after you've watched it

  • once or twice, so that you can try to figure out

  • what I'm saying, without all of the nice visual cues.

  • It's just a good thing to do because after all, in life,

  • when you go to have an English conversation with someone,

  • there aren't words, and phrases, and meanings,

  • popping up over their shoulder as you talk to them.

  • Now you might be wondering why would I want to watch a video

  • twice and then listen to it?

  • What's the point?

  • That sounds boring.

  • And I agree with you,

  • it actually does sound a little bit boring,

  • but what I do know, as a teacher,

  • is that it is a very effective way

  • to reinforce what you've learned,

  • and to remember what you've learned.

  • When you watch an English lesson once,

  • and then watch it again,

  • and then take some time to listen to it,

  • that repetition, the fact that you've watched it twice,

  • and listened to it once, will really help you remember

  • what was taught in the lesson.

  • So give it a try, as promised,

  • it's not going to be exciting.

  • It is a little bit boring, but it's extremely effective.

  • Well the thank you so much for watching this English lesson.

  • If this is your first time here,

  • don't forget to click that red subscribe button over there,

  • so that you get notified when I put out

  • a new English lesson, or when I do a live stream.

  • Which, by the way, I do every Friday.

  • And if you're wondering what to do next,

  • and you have some time, why don't you stick around

  • and watch another English lesson.

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Using videos to learn English is a great idea.

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