Have you ever had those friends who think learning English isn’t really that important? Or even that it’s a waste of time? Have you ever needed to convince someone else that it really is important to learn English, for a huge number of reasons?
Voxy to the rescue! Here’s a list of 12 awesome/ridiculous things your friends could do if they learned English.
1- Go to a nightclub and pretend to be gringos! It’s an amazing conversation starter. Everyone loves to practice their English when they’re at bars and clubs. Be careful though, after a few drinks they may feel more fluent than they actually are. We’ve all been there…
2- Use Twitter in English and reach the masses, even celebs! Who knows? Maybe Ashton Kutcher’s or Kim Kardashian’s assistant’s assistant will retweet something they write. That would give your friends some major bragging rights!
3- Watch movies and read books in their original language. Lots of translated movies and books lose authenticity and include unnatural translations. Now your friends can say “I liked the movie, but the book was WAY better,” and actually mean it.
4- No more subtitles! Watch movies and TV without annoying subtitles. NOTE: Voxy advises against illegally downloading shows and movies. Illegal downloads teach illegal English and you don’t want to go there.
5- They can read EVERY clause in a “Terms and Conditions” agreement online. Whew, what a relief. For once they will know what they’re actually agreeing to.
6- Start understanding and wearing ironic T-shirts with jokes on them in English. NOT like this one. But more like this one.
7- Avoid disastrous “Cakewrecks,” misspellings on cakes, like these.
8- They could watch the Oscars on the same day it is aired without the distracting language over-dubbing.
9- They will find out that many times “love” songs aren’t really about love.
10- They can watch funny viral videos and LOL, LMAO, ROTFLMAO, or ROTFLMAOTRDMF. Yes, that’s Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off Tears Rolling Down My Face.
11- They can finally understand what is written in that error message you get when you send an e-mail to a full inbox, or those pop-up errors when they are trying to watch a video online.
12- They can speak in English to a friend, boyfriend or girlfriend about that embarrassing subject in front of family members or other people who won’t understand it.
Can you think of others? Stop by Voxy’s Facebook page and tell us.
