Improve your English with these popular television programs
welcome to speak English with Tiffany I
am teacher Tiffany and today I am going
to introduce several television programs
that will help improve your English are
you ready
well then let’s jump right in
you are an English Learner you know the
importance of studying with books to
improve your grammar but you also know
the importance of speaking English and
listening to others speaking it now
while the best option would be to travel
around the world and visit
english-speaking countries it is not
really the easiest option and the
reasons it is not easy are because it is
expensive you don’t have the time and
you haven’t had the opportunity to do it
so what is the next best option the next
best option is to watch television
programs according to a study of English
learners it was said that 82% of English
learners watch English television
programs to improve their English
ability but what was more interesting
was that 26% of those individuals
actually watched one specific television
program they all watched the popular
television program called friends now
this program has helped thousands upon
thousands of English learners learn more
natural English expressions and improve
their listening skills let’s look at the
pros of watching this program number one
you can learn multiple English
expressions number two you can get
familiar with American comedy number
three
you can see how important body language
is when speaking English and number four
you can see many different types of
personalities however there is one small
con to only watching friends the fact is
this is an old drama and there are many
new television dramas that can also help
you improve your English so let’s look
at what new television programs are out
now we will be looking at them based on
their John rrah there are 10 different
genres that we will look at number one
drama - medical drama 3 action drama for
political drama 5 documentary 6 nature 7
home design 8 cooking 9 travel and 10
sports so before deciding on which
television program you will use to study
English you should first select a genre
that you are already interested in first
let’s look at a popular drama the drama
is titled
this is us this is currently one of the
most popular dramas in America it
portrays real life real relationships
and the dynamics of the family is very
honest the drama follows the life of
three siblings and it goes back and
forth between their past and their
present situations second let’s look at
a popular medical drama the medical
drama is titled Chicago med this medical
drama is an emotional thrill ride it
takes you through the day-to-day chaos
of one hospital located in the heart of
the city third let’s look at a popular
action drama the action drama is titled
Chicago Fire
this action drama follows the hectic and
crazy schedule of one firehouse in the
city
it shows human relationships and it also
shows the power of rescuing other people
fourth let’s look at a popular political
drama
the political drama is titled designated
survivor this political drama follows
the life of one man who suddenly has to
become president of the United States
after a horrible attack that kills every
other presidential candidate fifth let’s
look at a popular documentary the
documentary is titled blackfish
blackfish is an American documentary
that goes into detail about the
controversial captivity of killer whales
it also looks at the danger that this
situation has caused for humans as well
as the whales sixth let’s look at a
popular nature series the nature series
is titled planet Earth and it has two
parts this is a British television
series that took years to make it allows
the viewer to see the world from an
animals viewpoint seventh let’s look at
a popular home design program the home
design program is titled fixer-upper
this is currently one of the most
popular home design programs in America
it stars chip and Joanna Gaines as they
find and renovate homes for home buyers
it is very entertaining to watch the two
of them work together eight let’s look
at a popular cooking program the cooking
program is titled chopped this is an
American reality based cooking
television game show series where chefs
come on and compete against one another
they are each given mystery baskets and
then give it a set time to make
something from the ingredients inside of
the basket knife let’s look at a popular
travel program the travel program is
titled
Anthony Bourdain no reservations this is
an American travel and Food Show that
shows the foods of countries all over
the
world he travels around and he also
tastes their food and finally let’s look
at a sports program the sports program
is titled American Ninja Warrior this is
an American sports entertainment
competition and a spin-off of the
Japanese television series Suzuki so now
you know multiple new English television
programs all based on specific genres
but if you want to know exactly how to
study English using these television
programs you must watch next week’s
video until then keep studying and watch
your confidence in English improve you
can do it you can speak English
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