Movie: “Our Little Secret”
– B2-C1 (intermediate to advanced) –
Practice Your Listening Comprehension
Practice Your Reading Comprehension
One of Netflix’s most recent Christmas movies (as of 2024) stars beloved American actress Lindsay Lohan and lauded Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth. Together, respectively, they play a new girlfriend being introduced to her boyfriend’s mother for the first time. For such a simple act, things certainly are not easy for Lohan’s character–or for Chenoweth’s for that matter–as family secrets complicate the Christmas season, making for captivating intrigue and some great laughs.
WHAT TO LEARN
While watching this movie, there are a variety of English language elements that you can practice and learn, including:
American English
American accents
American culture
phrasal verbs
the present simple
the past simple
the future
the conditional
informal language
descriptive language
contractions
reductions
vocabulary related to:
relationships (dating, marriage, family, in-laws, self, etc.)
love
loss
business
secrets
condescension
current events
Christmas
and much more…!
What is your favourite Lindsay Lohan movie? Do you have a favourite Christmas movie? Practice your English by telling me about it in the comments below.
