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Karate Kid: Legends star Jackie Chan learnt English through country music

Jackie Chan learnt how to speak English by listening to slow country music songs

Jackie Chan learnt English through country music.

The 71-year-old actor - who grew up in Hong Kong and whose native language is Cantonese - found it easier to follow the lyrics of the genre because the songs are typically fairly "slow".

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