Whether it's "Friends" or a telenovela, TV shows can help some people learn a new language.
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Whether it's "Friends" or a telenovela, TV shows can help some people learn a new language.
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The television trick to learning a new language

Every day for about five years, Israeli sisters Reut and Shoham Nistel ran home from school, made themselves sandwiches and plopped down on the couch to watch an Argentine telenovela with Hebrew subtitles.