As we doing our research project, I notice that many SM3 students like watching movies when they are free. Then I flash back thinking what I was doing in the free time, only finding that I spent much time watching movies as well. For almost every time, I watched the English movie with the Chinese subtitle, and I notice it was the same with my roommates and some other friends.
If we think over the phenomena, When we watching English movies with Chinese subtitle, it may help to practice our listening, but sometimes we may focus fully on the subtitle to know more clearly what is going on in the movie. In this scene, we are practising Chinese instead of English. Take me for example, when I was watching save private recently, I just involved in the story, getting information from the subtitle, taking in the sound from left ear and then let it out through right ear. The movie is really enjoyable, but little had left in my brain in terms of language pitifully.
I never thought watching a Chinese movie with an English subtitle until I watched a movie component occasionally one day in the bus. However, I found perhaps it would do us a favour for English studying.
When we are watching Chinese movie with English subtitle, we can have some attention on the subtitle, as it is so easy for us to get what is going on in the movie. Then, perhaps we can get some ideas about how to translate daily thoughts form Chinese to English. As time going on, they may do us a favour in forming English thoughts.
How about English movie without any subtitle? I had a try yesterday, finding that I could get the general story except some unimportant details, partly because the voice is quite clear in the movie. Actually, this kind of movies is the closest to the daily communication, as no subtitle is there when we are talking to someone. To me, I think English movie without subtitle is more helpful to our English than English movie with Chinese subtitle and Chinese movie with English subtitle.
Of course, the most helpful movies are the English ones with English subtitle, as we can both hear and see what is going on in the story.
So, just watch some Chinese movies with English subtitle to see if it is helpful to your English, and if it is hard to get English movies with English subtitle, just watch the ones without subtitle. I hope CELC can provide some interesting or latest English movies with English subtitle for our juniors to borrow.
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