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These Celebrities Learn English to Become Successful Actors

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In learning a new language&comma; we sometimes have to look for that initial encouragement to give us that boost we need to start studying&period; In this article&comma; we are going to check out a number of celebrities and how they were able to conquer and learn the English language&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Penélope Cruz &lpar;Spanish&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This amazing Hollywood actress has her share of successful roles&comma; thanks to the many English-speaking roles she was given&period; However&comma; it wasn’t that easy at the beginning as she hails from a small town in Spain&comma; where Hollywood roles were not a realistic career without knowing how to speak English&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-2044 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;penelope&period;jpg" alt&equals;"These Celebrities Learn English to Become Successful Actors" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"500" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>How did Penélope succeed&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">She first attained her first-ever English-speaking role in the 1998’s movie Hi-Lo Country&comma; though she could not really speak English at that time and only memorized her lines and not even knowing what they meant&period; Over the course of time and as her career moved on&comma; she learned English as much as she could&period; And as a result&comma; she was the first Spanish actress to win an Oscar for the movie Vicky Christina Barcelona and also the first Spanish actress to have a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Mila Kunis &lpar;Ukrainian&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Mila Kunis was born in Ukraine and can speak English fluently&comma; that people may not even notice that she was from Ukraine with the way she speaks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-2045 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;mila-kunis&period;png" alt&equals;"These Celebrities Learn English to Become Successful Actors" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"443" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>How did Mila succeed&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">After transferring to the United States and living for two years&comma; her father decided to enrol Mila in an acting class at a studio in Beverly Hills&period; Not long enough&comma; she was able to get small roles in a number of commercials which helped started with her career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Mila had to diligently work on her English in spite of having to speak Russian at home with her family&period; Today&comma; she has become a very successful Hollywood star with roles in TV like That 70’s Show and films like The Black Swan&period; Learning to speak English properly was necessary for Mila to succeed in the world of Hollywood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Jackie Chan &lpar;Chinese&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Jackie Chan is quite different compared to Mila and Penélope as he started to learn speaking English during his thirties&period; According to studies&comma; the later someone learns a specific language&comma; the harder it will be&period; But&comma; age doesn’t seem to a hindrance to Jackie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-2046 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;Jackie-chan5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"These Celebrities Learn English to Become Successful Actors" width&equals;"387" height&equals;"392" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>What was the key to Jackie Chan breaking America&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In a number of interviews&comma; Jackie admitted that he would listen to US folk songs and also watch American TV shows and movies&period; So his pronunciation will improve&comma; he watched them over and over and imitate them until his pronunciation is the same as what he was listening or watching&period; Apparently&comma; this was the beginning of his struggle and it took time for people in America to take him seriously&period; He got movie roles during the 80’s and 90’s&comma; but it was his role during the movie Rush Hour in 1998 along with Chris Tucker that made him a star in America&period; And the rest&comma; well is history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Jackie has shown us that you have to persevere and put extra effort if you want to really learn a new language&period; If you are looking for english courses in Zurich&comma; contact Progressive English&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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