Learning with Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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Sobre o curso

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

is a detective show streaming on Netflix, but with a twist. The show is actually a comedy.

Instructions:

  1. Watch the clip of the show as many times as possible, first with the subtitles in English only, then, if needed, with the Portuguese subtitles as well. 
  2. While you’re watching try to undersdand:
    • The context:
      • what are they talking about?
      • who are they?
      • where are they? 
      • what are they like?
      • what are their names?
      • what’s their job?
    • The structures they use to express their thoughts and ideas.
    • New words and expressions for you to implement in your vocabulary.

     3. Check the slides to fully understand the dialog.

     4. Do the warm-up activities before watching the videos when studying the modules.

    5. In each module we’ll analyze the strutures of their speech from different perspectives, learning how to comunicate in English and stop depending on our Portuguese to know what to say.

   6. Do the quiz after you finish the module to check your understanding and review topics that are still not clear.

   7. As an extra challenge, everytime you finish a module, leave a comment using the structures you learned or with examples of the same strutures in songs, series, movies, books, etc. Apllying the notice technique in your daily life.

   8. Leave in the comments your questions about the topics that you studied.

Modules for this course:

  • Expressions & Vocabulary

  • Prepositions

  • Comparatives & Superlatives

  • Countables & Uncountables

  • Gerund

  • Object Pronouns

  • Using the word “One”

  • Phrasal Verbs

  • Present Perfect

  • Pronunciation tips

The challenge is always the same: notice the strutures and try to understand what they are talking about.
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O que você aprenderá?

  • Como aplicar a técnica de noticing para aprender estruturas e utilizá-las na sua conversação.

Conteúdo do curso

Watch
Watch the clip with English subtitles only as many times as it takes. Check the slides after watching to fully understand the dialog.

Watch
Watch the clip with English & Portuguese subtitles as many times as it takes. Check the slides after watching to fully understand the dialog.

Expressions & Vocabulary
Let's analyze the new words and expressions. The idea here is that you use them in your daily life!

Prepositions
Let's analyze the use of/lack of prepostions in the structures in their speech.

Comparatives & Superlatives
Let's analyze the use of adjectives when we make comparisons.

Countables & Uncountables
Let's analyze how the rules regarding countables and uncountables apply in real life.

Gerund (ing)
Let's analyze the scenarios where we can use -ing not referring to Present Continuous.

Object Pronouns
Do you know when to use "his" or "him"? or "she" or "her"? Come understand it!

The One (substituindo palavras)
Did you know the word "one" doesn't mean only "um/uma"?

Phrasal Verbs
Let's learn some new phrasal verbs (two or three words that, when combined, become a new word)!

Present Perfect
I know, I know, Present Perfect makes we all nervous. Let's see the situations it is used in the context to learn how to use it ourselves!

Pronunciation Tips
Let's pay attention to some pronunciation characteristics of their speech.