yes, movies and such are really great for learning language. but what if my vocabulary is quiet empty and i seem to understand barely a word per minute of dialogue? also, what about learning japanese? theres no way to make word-by-word translations of that as a movie subtitles.

Hi Tomas, I find the best way for me is to read comic books - the new words are backed up by pictures. I also then look them up in a dictionary online to double check the meaning. After that I try to make a sentence using the word - if only in my mind - and use it as soon as possible I also watch movies in the language I am learning. New vocabulary will be in amongst words I already know. I stop the movie, look up the word and practice saying it in a sentence. Let me know if that works for you! Vicki