Think about why you are learning English. Make a note of at least three different reasons with other students.

I am learning English…

to pass my exams

to improve my knowledge of the world

for social reasons because I want to meet people for interest

for my job

because I need it in my studies

because I want to travel

because my parents want me to learn it

because I go to many international conferences

because it’s an international language.

2. Now think about your own learning. What do you need to study? How do you learn? What is easy for you? What is difficult? What do you enjoy most? Make a few notes and then compare “how you learn” with other students in your group.

How do you learn?

Listening to tapes

Listening to the radio and records

Listening to English speakers

Repeating after a tape/teacher

Recording by own voice

Talking in English with friends

Learning dialogues

Writing to a “pen friend”

Learning lists of words

Looking up words in a dictionary

Writing down new words/phrases

Reading articles/books/magazines

Writing out sentences

Doing grammar exercises

Using a grammar book.

Golden rules

Here are some golden rules for learning. What is the order of importance of these rules for a learner like you? Discuss with a partner and put them in order.

A. Students should help each other

B. Always communicate in English.

C. Think why you need English and concentrate on studying what is most useful for you

D. Relax when communicating. Don’t expect to be correct all the time.

E. Read as much as possible.

F. Collect and use outside sources for English, for example, tapes/records/magazines/ radio/films.

Check your errors and keep a record of them.

Unit 1

Topic: I am a student of the KNUTD

Grammar: 1.The verb to be

2. There + be

Pronouns

4. Singular/plural of nouns

5. Countable/uncountable nouns

6. A (an)/the

7. Much/many, some/any, a lot (lots) of, a few/a little

To have

I Phonetic skills.

1. Listen and repeat:

1. to graduate ['grædƷueıt]

2. (a) designer [di'zaınə]

3. fashion [′fæ∫(ә)n]

4. busy ['bızı]

5. foreign ['forın]

6. numerous ['nju:mәrәs]

7. contemporary [kәn'tempәrәrı]

8. serious ['sıәrıәs]

9. responsible [rıs'ponsәbl]

10. nevertheless [,nevәðә'les]

11. laboratory [lә'b Ɔ rәtri / ′læbrәt Ɔ:ri]

12. via [vaıә / vi:ә]

2. Listen and remember the following phrases:

1. birthday – день народження

2. a first-year student – студент першого курсу

3. the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design – КНУТД

4. creating new patterns – створення нових конструкцій

5. I'm going to work – я працюватиму

6. light industry – легка промисловість

7. knitting –трикотаж

8. footwear – взуття

9. special composition – спецкомпозиція

10. educational grant – грант на навчання

11. various branches – різноманітні галузі

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