Beware of Sitcoms

 

Hi All, 

I often get asked what type of shows should students watch to improve English vocabulary. If you want to improve your English, you can technically watch anything, like dramas, movies, lectures or cartoons. Let's face it, you will absorb even a few words from nearly anything you watch. But the question should be: What can I watch that will give me the greatest benefit? 

I think the best thing to do is to watch serious movies and dramas. They normally have more normal everyday-conversation than others. As apposed to comedies which tend to use many idioms, sexual innuendo, and sarcasm. Too much of stuff that you do not understand can actually demotivate you from learning English. So my advise would be, beware of watching too many comedy shows. Focus on those with more conversational English; not vocabulary with double meanings. 

So, bottom line is try to stay away from shows like Benny Hill, SpongeBob SquarePants, techy stuff like Dr. Who or any of the stand up comics like Eddie Murphy or Dave Chappel. Save all of this type of programming for later in your development stage. 

For now, focus on shows like NCIS, Prison Break, Breaking Bad or any of the daytime soap operas (like Days of Our Lives, General Hospital) if you can stomach that kind of mush-brain storylines. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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