6 In pairs decide on your speaking skills objectives for the course that you are beginning and the ways to achieve them. Choose one of the following statements, or write one of your own.

a) I can express my ideas quite well but I make a lot of mistakes. By the end of the course I want to make fewer mistakes. I hope to learn more words, to enlarge my professional vocabulary and to improve my grammar. I think the best way to do it is to actively participate in classroom talks and discussions, to read a lot, and, certainly, not to skip classes.

b) I find it difficult to express my ideas because I can’t always find the right word, although I do know quite a lot. Of course I want to learn more vocabulary, but I also want to get better at communicating my ideas with the language that I already know. I will try to do my best to develop my communicative skills. I think that if I make notes during the lessons and do my home assignments carefully, I will manage to improve speaking abilities.

c) To be honest I do not feel very optimistic about the prospects of improving my language skills. However, I’d like to speak well enough to pass my exam in English successfully. That’s why I’m going to attend classes regularly and to be active in class.

d) I _____________________________________________________________________

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7 Try to make a full list of goals for learning English and think of learning activities to reach them.

To help you to set goals for learning English make use of the expressions given in the table given below. Report your personal goals to the class.

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

8 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.

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9 Write a short essay on one of the given topics. Try to answer the given questions

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?

3. Have these experiences influenced your interest to 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 particular 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 the success in achieving your aims depends on your active role, your efforts and motivation?

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