1. Why are you learning English? For work, exams, travel, etc.?

Ex. 1. A) Read questions 1-10. What do the words in bold mean? Check with other students or your teacher, then think about your answers to the questions.

1. Why are you learning English? For work, exams, travel, etc.?

2. Do you speak any languages apart from your mother tongue and English?
3. Who is the best language learner in your family?
4. Did you use any learning strategies when studying your second language?
5. When was the first time you used a foreign language outside the classroom?
6. Do you have the chance to speak/write to native speakers regularly?
7. Is it important for you to learn slang or jargon in English, or do you only want to learn standard English?
8. Which is more important to you when you learn to speak a language: fluency or accuracy?
9. Which skill is the hardest for you: speaking, listening, reading, or writing? Which is the easiest?
10. Do you know anyone who is bilingual? What advantages might they have in life?

Answers.

1. Because English is used as international language in many areas.

2. Yes, I can speak Russian

3. In our family, sister learned a good language. It is in Uzbek, Kazakh, English, Russian, Turkmen, Japanese

4. I have contacted many people who knew that language. When I learned Russian.

5 . the first time I went to a boxing class I used a foreign language.

6. yes there is a chance

7. i just want to learn english

8. both are important

9. the ability to speak is the hardest for me. The easiest listening skills.

10. yes, I know someone who can speak two languages. The advantages of this ability are many. One of them is traveling the world.