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How To Connect To English-Speaking Culture Through Movies

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The Importance of Cultural References in Conversation

I think the great thing about movies or films is that it's something that people share so when you come to a country and you hear references to films which you haven't seen then you kind of feel a little bit left out. When you see references to films, series, books, etc. like culture reference within culture there's so many layers to it and it's so cool when you can understand that. I remember years ago that Longman came out with a dictionary of culture to help people with these kind of cultural references and that included film quotes and so on. Definitely, yeah, it's helped me in French to kind of have these cultural touch points and references and it really helps me

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