EAST MEETS WEST: PRACTICAL ENGLISH 3
Unit 1: Listening Tasks


I. Interviews with Successful Language Learners


 Listen to the following four interviews with people who are learning at least one foreign language successfully. Write down the name of each person being interviewed, what languages they learned, how fluent they are, and things they do that them help them be successful in foreign language learning.

Name of Person
1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________
Languages Learned
1. ____Mandarin___
2. _______________
3. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________ 		1. _______________
2._______________
3. _______________
Degree of Fluency
English skills -
reading: _______________
writing: _______________
speaking: _______________
listening: _______________ 		_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________ 		Hungarian skills -
reading: _______________
writing: _______________
speaking: _______________
listening: _______________ 		English: _______________
German: _______________
Personal Tips
1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3._______________
4. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________
4. _______________

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II. Interviews with Unuccessful Language Learners


 Listen to the following interviews with people who are having problems learning a foreign language.
Write down the name of each person interviewed, what languages they have studied,
how fluent they are in English, and what prevents them help them from becoming
successful at learning English.
Name of Person
1. ___Chin Chu____ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. _______________
Languages Learned
1. ____Mandarin___
2. __Cantonese_____
3. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________ 		1. _______________
2._______________
3. _______________
4. _______________
Degree of Fluency in English
_______________ _______________ _______________
_______________ 		English skills -
reading: _______________
writing: _______________
speaking: _______________
listening: _______________
Bad Learning Habits
1. __get nervous__
2. _______________
3. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3. _______________ 		1. _______________
2. _______________
3._______________
4. _______________ 		1. _______________

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