5.4. Conversational Topic: Your achievements at University.

6 . Writing

Use the vocabulary of the texts A, B, C, D and your own experience to write about lifelong learning.

Note: Lifelong learning provides adults with learning opportunities at all ages and in various contexts: at work, at home and through leisure activities, not just through formal channels such as school and higher education. One of the reasons why lifelong education has become important is the acceleration in the progress of science and technology. Learning prepares us for change. Therefore, you should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviours.

Follow the structure of any writing in the English language:

Introduction: In the first paragraph we introduce the topic: the purpose and content of your writing and / or explain the reason for it; you can use such techniques as a reference to some scene or a situation, a rhetorical question, a quotation, etc.

Main body: it is common to divide writing into organized paragraphs. Most written texts have several paragraphs which connect logically to each other. Ideas should be united with the help of appropriate linking words (to start with, because of this, to be honest, I wonder; personally, I think, if I were, what I particulary like is, definitely, first of all, also, however, besides, what is more, what we need is, although, such as, for example, in conclusion, so that, on condition that, on the one hand, on the other hand, finally, as a result, therefore, to sum up, etc.) A variety of adjectives and adverbs can be used to make the writing more appealing to the reader. Include the things we can see, feel, hear, smell and taste.

Conclusion: write closing remarks and summarise / state your personal opinion.

Reread the written work and check for grammar and / or spelling mistakes. It is important to make sure that your writing is accurate and its meaning is clear.

TEST TWO

Grammar and Vocabulary

1. Circle the correct item.

1. Mary ________ the task yesterday. A get C got B has got D gets 2. Sandra _______ for a new flat for a month, before she found one. A looks C looked B has looked D had been looking 3. This time last year, they _______ abroad. A study C studied B were studying D are studying 4. He _______ eat a lot of junk food when he was younger. A use to C uses to B used D used to 5. It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours _______ a party. A had C had had B were having D are having 6. Your house is along the road, _______ it? A does C doesn’t B is D isn’t

7. Where _______ on holiday last month? A were you going C did you go B have you gone D you went 8. Hallo! I _______ you for ages. A didn’t see C haven’t seen B hasn’t seen D don’t see 9. Alan _______ breakfast when the postman delivered a parcel. A was having C had B haven’t D am having 10. Charlie and Stan _______ each other since they were children. A know C have known B were knowing D knew 11. Nobody had _______ told me the truth about the accident before. A never C ever B just D yet 12. He has been studying French _______ 1998. A so far C at B since D in