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Good shows?
Posted on 5/3/13 at 12:05 am
Posted on 5/3/13 at 12:05 am
My friend is from south america and is trying to practice her English. She speaks well. She would understand any program(it doesn't have to be like cartoons or something for kids). Anyway, I don't watch to much TV in English. What are some good shows that she could watch? I told her the office is really funny but I didn't know much else to recommend. Any recommendations?
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Posted on 5/3/13 at 12:05 am to sabes que
Star Trek the Original Series
Posted on 5/3/13 at 12:10 am to sabes que
The Wire and Breaking bad.... she should know what they are doing since she is from south america... she will put it all together
Posted on 5/3/13 at 12:41 am to Wooly
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The Wire and Breaking bad.... she should know what they are doing since she is from south america... she will put it all together
Great shows, but I don't think would be great to teach English, particularly The Wire. I was trying to think of another - Mary Tyler Moore would be good, although a little dated.
Frasier would be good.
I think The Shield would be good as well, although would suffer from some of the same problems as The Wire. The bonus for Spanish speakers is there's a little bit of Spanish here and there for that connection. Of course BB would have that, too. On second thought, Breaking Bad wouldn't be all that bad, if you can get past Jessie and Tuco.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 12:43 am to sabes que
Duck Dynasty just to throw her off a lil 
Posted on 5/3/13 at 1:58 pm to lsunurse
Honey Boo Boo!
Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:18 pm to sabes que
I once heard the Police Academy movies were good for that
Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:28 pm to sabes que
I guess it depends on how advanced her English is, but comedies may be confusing with all the word play and double meanings. I would think one of the many crime dramas might work best. They are usually well enunciated and spend a lot of time saying what they're doing "I found the gun".
This post was edited on 5/3/13 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:40 pm to sabes que
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My friend is from south america and is trying to practice her English
If by practice her English, she means try to advance her knowledge of American euphemisms and idioms, then stuff like Archer, Arrested Development, or really any TV show will help, particularly comedies.
If she's looking to learn more formal English... I don't know, Downtown Abbey?
This post was edited on 5/3/13 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:50 pm to sabes que
West Wing or any Sorkin written show or movie.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:52 pm to TreyAnastasio
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West Wing or any Sorkin written show or movie.
I was going to suggest that and Gilmore Girls.
Really up the ante on her understanding of the language.
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