My name is Harold and I am studying English as an a second language, I am planning to travel abroad to get learn more about the language, you know, I think that if I were there for some months when I’ll come back, I will be able to speak better than now because I realized that leaning English is really difficult specially talking about its abilities like grammar, listening, reading, writing, speaking which always as a student you have to develop during a learning process… that´s why I decided to travel abroad and practice all the time, first of all with my colleagues during school time, then socializing in my dialing routine. I specially feel worried about listening ability and also speaking because to me, those are the most difficult. As a student nowadays you have to be qualified for asking for a job and

in the majority of them they asked for a second language and I chose English because in terms of business and also in real life it is really useful and I heard that its grammar and syntactic structures are better than in other languages.

II. After reading answer the following questions.

What are Harold´s future plans?What are the most difficult skills in English Harold has?What are the strategies to improve his skills?According to Harold Why is it important to speak a foreign language?Why Did Harold choose to study English?

I. Read the following text about Harold´s plans.

LEARNING ENGLISH

III. Write an email to your friend who is willing to learn a foreign language, give him some pieces of advice, and remember to talk about the advantages and disadvantages that he can find on that way to learn. You can tell him about your personal experiences, try to encourage him.

Write between 80-120 words.