Text b How to Learn a Foreign language

I. Прочтите текст и укажите, какие утверждения соответствуют тексту т (True), а какие нет – f (False):

1. A student’s native language has a great effect on him.

2. A foreign language is similar to your native language.

3. When you learn a foreign language you must repeat new lessons many times.

4. First you must learn pronunciation and new words.

5. If you practise the language you will learn to speak a language well.

6. It is best to memorize material in the morning.

7. There are few words in English which are not pronounced according to the rules of reading.

8. It is necessary to repeat the material you’ve learnt every three days.

9. One may work a little to learn any foreign language.

10.The problem of learning English for the purpose of communication is especially necessary today.

The most difficult thing for a student when he begins to learn a foreign language is to understand that a foreign language is very different from his language. A student's native language has a great effect on him. His family, his friends use his language and he thinks that his language is the most beautiful of all the languages. The first thing that a student must learn when he begins to study a foreign language is that each language is the best language for the people who use it. When you learn a foreign language you must repeat new lessons many times. You must learn new words again until you can really use them automatically. But first you must learn pronunciation and grammar. After the student can use the grammatical structures he can begin to increase his vocabulary. To learn new words without grammar is like to build a house without a plan. If you work regularly, if you practise the language you will learn to speak a language well.

So far there is no universal or ideal method of learning languages. Everybody has his own way. Sometimes it is boring to study grammar or to learn new words. But it is well known that reading books in the original, listening to the BBC news, communicating with the English-speaking people will help a lot. When learning a foreign language you learn the culture and history of the native speakers. One must work hard to learn any foreign language.

Russia is integrating into the world community and the problem of learning English for the purpose of communication is especially urgent today.

Some Advice on How to Learn English

There are some rules of memory

1. We acquire 10% of information when we read. We acquire 20% of information when we listen. We acquire 30% when we see.

We acquire 90% when we teach others.

2. It is necessary to repeat the material you’ve learnt every three days. If you do

not repeat the material within three days most of the information vanishes as if

you never learnt it.

3. It’s best to memorize material before you go to bed. You'll memorize it more quickly.

4. It's very useful to listen to the material you are learning. There are a lot of words in English which are not pronounced according to the rules of reading.

II. Заполните пропуски, используя следующие предлоги:

а) from d) within c) on d) without (2) e) for f) before g) in

1. A student’s native language has a great effect…him.

2. Each language is the best language…the people who use it.

3. To learn new words…grammar is like to build a house…a plan.

4. The most difficult thing for a student when he begins to learn a foreign language is to understand that a foreign language is very different… his language.

5. If yon don’t repeat the material…three days most of the information vanishes as if you never learnt it.

6. It is best to memories material…you go to bed.

7. Reading books… the original will help you to learn a foreign language.

III. Cоставьте возможные словосочетания из данных слов:

1. foreign	a) times
2. to increase	b) a foreign language
3. to acquire	c) structures
4. to repeat	d) a house
5. many	e) language (2)
6. to study	f) information
7. grammatical	g) the vocabulary
8. native	h) the material
9. to build	i) new words
10. to work	j) hard

IV. Соедините цифры со словами, к которым они относятся:

1. We acquire 90% of information	a) when we listen.
2. We acquire 30% of information	b) when we see.
3. We acquire 20% of information	c) when we teach others.
4. We acquire 10% of information	d) when we read.

V. Закончите предложения, выбрав верный вариант:

1. Each language is the best language	a) to build a house without a plan.
2. When you learn a foreign language	b) most of the information vanishes.
3. It is best to memorize material	c) for the people who use it.
4. To learn new words without grammar is like	d) before you go to bed.
5. If you don’t repeat the material within three days	e) you must repeat new lessons many times.