Stop Watching Friends to Learn English. Watch These Instead.

00:00The best way to learn English is to use English to learn something that you're generally interested in. Use it to learn history, economics, and entertainment to understand how the world is working and how the whole social fabric is built. So, in this video, I will give you three documentaries which are my favorites, and I say they're even better than TV series.

00:18Watching this will open up a whole new way of learning English for you. So, the first one is Explained. It's made by Netflix and every episode is only about 20 minutes. It's very short. It's not like a traditional documentary where we need to spend one or two hours per episode.

00:32They're easy to follow, very clearly explained. The best thing about this documentary is that it covers all kinds of different topics each episode. Essports, K-pop, astrology, the stock market. It includes social economics, politics, entertainment, all kinds of different sectors.

00:49It will give you a whole new world view. Even if you are still a student or you are trying to build up your perspective on the world, it fs in so many different pieces of knowledge that you need to become a more well-rounded person. So I highly recommend explain to everybody whether you're still a student already working.

01:04As long as you want to learn more about the world, expand your knowledge and train your English at the same time, you should watch this. Pronunciation in this episode is super clear. Everything is back up with evidence and data and you can even use these topics to build a speech.

01:16The second one is Formula 1, drive to survive. This one is huge. It's so crazy. I had absolutely no idea about Formula 1 before I watched this. I feel like something very far away from my world, but now I have a much clearer picture of this whole industry.

01:31And it's not just about becoming a Formula 1 fan. Learning about completely different industry gives you a more complete picture of how the world works. There are multiple seasons. I started from that one in 2019 and every episodes hits because it's like a roller coaster.

01:45Formula 1 is very, very unpredictable. Nobody knows who will win a championship until the very end of the competition. By watching this documentary, you're going to see how this money-consuming, it talentdriven industry actually operates. The story is so tight and the plot keeps pulling you in.

02:01And the best part for learning English is that so many of the drivers and people being interviewed are not originally from English-sp speakaking cultures. So you got to hear all kinds of different accents and it really shows you that accent is not important.

02:13What matters most is whether you can get your ideas across clearly. The third one is OJ made in America. This is a very very classic case, a murder case I'd say and you will not want to stop once you stop watching. Even though each episode is around 1 hour, the episodes are so tightly connected to each other and you just keep going.

02:34If you're a big fan of suspense or true crime movies and TV series like me, I highly recommend this documentary. Not only because it's something that really happened many many years ago, but also because it gives you a deep look into how American society actually works and you will have so many moments watching this where just stop and reflect.

02:52So this documentary will give you a huge insights into social problems both historical and current in the US and you'll find yourself reflecting a lot on celebrity culture and how fame operates in that society. So what I want to say is beyond just learning English, I really want to encourage everybody to watch more documentaries in English.

03:11It's not because English documentaries are necessarily better than Chinese ones. That's not the point. The point is if you want to learn a language, well, you need to actually use it to learn things. You need to put yourself inside that language from the very