LISTENING AND WRITING

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Ex. 6. Start making your own Portfolio. Make use of your self-assessment checklist and the list of your personal goals. Think what is going to be your chief aim of doing English at the University. What do you expect from the course?

Ex. 5. Self-assess your knowledge of English as in the examples below. Think how you can get ahead. Compare your ideas with those of other students in the group.

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. But actually I'm not very good at speaking, to say nothing about listening and writing. Studying English is a great challenge for me.

d) I