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Culture. Learning the English language
1. Where do you learn English? What’s your favourite activity in the English lesson? Tick the things you do in your English classes.
2. Do you learn English at home? Read some learning tips. Tick the ideas you think are true.
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☐ read stories in English ☐ listen to English songs ☐ write essays in English ☐ speak English in class ☐ learn English vocabulary ☐ practise English grammar
To be good at English, you can …
☐ listen to English stories ☐ say English words ☐ eat English breakfast and drink English tea ☐ write Instagram posts in English ☐ celebrate English holidays ☐ play English sports ☐ practise English in front of the mirror ☐ wear English brands
3. Read the messages and complete them with the missing verbs.
learn / speak / take / do / listen / write / watch / read
We learn English at school. This can help us 1) ________ to other people in English. How can we be good learners of English? Here are five tips!
– I read in English, I 2) ________ comics in English. Comics are good because they are short and they’ve got pictures. I think reading helps me learn new words and phrases.
– I watch TV in English. When I 3) ________ films or serials in English, I can also turn on English subtitles so I can read what they say, too. This helps me understand more.
– I’ve got an English pen-friend a friend I write to. Every month I 4) ________ letters to him in English and he writes back to me. He’s a friend of my family. He lives in England.
– I listen to music in English. There is a lot of pop music in England and I like it. I 5) ________ to English songs when I walk to school. I listen and 6) ________ the words. Sometimes I read the words and listen, too. Sometimes I sing in English, but only in the shower!
– At home, I 7) ________ my English homework in my bedroom. My brothers and sisters speak and watch TV in the living room, so I can’t work there. When I do homework, I stop and 8) ________ a break every 15 minutes.
4. What tips can you give for better practice of these skills? Write your ideas. Listen to the recording and complete the tips, match them with the activities.
1) reading 2) vocabulary 3) writing 4) speaking a) keep _______________ b) practise ____________ c) visit _______________ d) start _______________
5. Work in pairs, help your friend learn more English. Write three tips for each point of the plan.
1) reading 2) writing 3) listening 4) learning vocabulary in English
Useful language! What about….? …. Is a good idea! You can….
