Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. Nowadays it is especially important to know foreign languages. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying languages is a hobby. […]
Modern world is becoming smaller all the time. Every day distances between different countries seem less. For this reason, it is becoming more and more important to know different languages, especially English. One billion people speak English today. That is about 20% of the world’s population. 400 million people speak English as their first language. […]
MY ATTITUDE TO LEARNING ENGLISH A truly educated person should know at least one foreign language, which will enable him to communicate with foreigners, read books in the original, use a personal computer and take part in cultural and educational exchanges with other countries. Among a great number of foreign languages I’ve chosen English because […]
MY ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER A pupil’s attitude to a subject depends very much upon the person who teaches this subject. I’m so interested in the English language because I adore my teacher of English. I consider a teacher to be good if he/she knows what to teach and how to teach. To my mind, our […]
At the English Lesson I am a pupil of the eighth form. I study at school in Kharkiv. The pupils of our school learn different languages: Russian, English, French and German. I learn English. I have my English three times a week. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I take my English textbook, vocabulary and exercise-book […]
George Bernard Shaw said that America and Britain were two nations divided by a common language. But how different is British English from American English? Some British and American people gave their definitions for some common words. Confused? British and American English have lots of words, which look the same but have different meanings. Nobody […]
Learning of a foreign language is not an easy task. It is a long and slow process, that takes a lot of time and efforts. That is why it is very important to have a good teacher. I am very grateful to my English teacher who made me interested in this subject. She is the […]
People began to speak many centuries ago, and since then they have been speaking different languages. Every language reflects the soul, behaviour and temperament of each nationality. Peoples created their own alphabets and rules, but they always wanted to communicate with each other, to understand and to know more about each other. Languages help people […]
Two English teachers Lynne and Greg are talking about learning English in the future. QUESTION: Lynne, at what age do people start learning English these days? Lynne: Well, in many countries children start learning English when they go to school but in some countries they’re starting to teach English to much younger children and I […]
VARIETIES OF ENGLISH As English has spread, so it has changed, and there are now several recognized varieties of English. While the English spoken in Britain’s former “white” colonies — the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — is still very similar to British English, and differs from it only in matters of vocabulary […]