Choose from the sentences A – H the one which fits each gap (1 – 6). There are two letters which you do not need

A. However, today’s students are lucky to have a wide variety of multi-media programmes to help them.

B. As a result, beginners are more likely to learn how to buy a train ticket than how to form the plural of a verb.

C. The best thing about learning in a small group like this is that it motivates you to use the language you are learning.

D. The pronunciation of Portuguese was exhausting, Slovak consonants made my jaw ache, and Hungarian grammar made me want to study German again.

E. The best of them have plenty of quick, simple exercises, photographs and real life recordings so that you can learn a language on your own.

F. Twelve years later I had a degree in French, but was convinced that there must be a better way to learn a language.

G. Indeed, the more languages you learn, the easier the process of learning becomes.

H. That is why, when I took up Spanish, I decided to go back into the new communicative language classroom.

Level B 1

A COURSE TO ATTEND

The people all want to attend a course. Read the descriptions of eight courses.

A – Form and Colour

This is year-long course is perfect for people who want to learn about how to use a camera and who want to take it up as a profession. Students will learn how to use light and shade, colour and different shapes. The course will also teach students to change their work using computer technology. Tips will be given on how best to get started in the profession.

B – Practice makes Perfect

Learn about how to use computer software to make your work life easier. This course is designed for people who use computers regularly as part of their career, but who feel they are unable to make the most of the technology. Learn about new software for storing documents and photographs and keeping records. This evening class runs for ten weeks from September to December.

C – Armchair Explorer

This is a series of daytime lectures by people who have lived and worked in wild places. Each of the six talks will focus on a different continent. Lecturers will show photographs of the animals and plants, and explain why they are only found in one area. Lecturers will include Leo Holland, a scientist from the Antarctic project, and Milly Oliphant, who researches birds in the Amazon rainforest. Tea and Biscuits provided.