4 Set your personal goals of learning English.

 a) To help you to set goals for learning English make use of the expressions given in the list below.

to enlarge my vocabulary to develop grammar skills to improve my reading abilities to become more fluent at speaking to speak well enough to pass an exam to speak well enough to be understood without difficulty to get better at communicating my ideas to become more confident in using English to be able to start a conversation to maintain and close face-to- face conversations on topics that are familiar to follow the main points of extended discussion around me to acquire intercultural competences

  b) Try to make a full list of goals for learning English and think of learning activities to reach them.

My learning goals By the end of this academic year (semester) I would like to …	Learning activities To reach these goals I am going to …

 5 Present a short report on your personal goals for learning English to the class.

 writing an essay

  1 Write a short essay on one of the given topics. See in Appendix 2 tips for writing an essay. Try to answer the given questions in your essays.

Transition Words and Phrases

first, second, next, now, then

first of all after that finally, soon gradually

after when as soon as before until

Giving Your Opinion

• As far as I am concerned, …

• To my mind, ...

• It is my firm belief/opinion /conviction that ...

• In my opinion, …

• I am (not) convinced that …

• It strikes me that …

• My opinion is that …

• I (definitely) feel/think that …

• It seems (appears) to me that …

1. My Language learning biography.

1. What languages have you learned?

2. What languages did you learn at school or in courses? (give the duration, goals, content, teaching methods, textbooks, etc.)

3. Did you learn well and with pleasure?

4. What was particularly important and enriching?

5. How long have you learned English?

6. What motivated or demotivated you?

2. My significant intercultural experience.

1. Have you been abroad?

2. What countries have you been to?

3. Have these experiences influenced your interest in English?

4. Did you meet English speaking people? What topics did you communicate on?

5. Are people from different cultures really different?

3. My expectations from the University course of English.

1. What language learning experience do you have?

2. What was particularly important and enriching?

3. What are your personal goals of learning English?

4. What communication skills do you need for your future profession?

5. Do you realize that success in achieving your aims depends on your active role, your efforts, and motivation?

 project work

 1 Join up with students who have similar learning goals. You can probably find the name for your group: ‘smart girls/guys’, ‘lifelong learners’, ‘lazybones’- which do you think characterize you better? Discuss the objectives you have decided on and prepare “The Group Charter”. Be ready to present it at the next lesson on behalf of your group or present it together. Make use of the presentation skills tips given above. For ideas see Appendix 3.