Independent English learning

                            Independent Language Learning

Check the stuff right (+) or wrong (-)

1 People who use language outside the class are getting more practice.

2 Independent learners usually dislike to use language they learn outside the classroom.

3 Independent learning is confined to reading and writing.

4 Independent learners are those who don’t need any teachers.

5 Independent learners enjoy listening to the words of songs in the target language.

6 Independent learners organize new vocabularies by pages.

7 Independent learners are similar to autonomous learners.

8 Independent learners have got enough lessons a week for getting hard practice.

9 It’s easy to find out any word you need in well-organized vocabulary.

10 People who make the most progress in learning language are native speakers.

Select the most suitable answer

1 Independent learning is not confined to … .

a)watching TV  b)singing songs  c)using dictionaries

2 When independent learners work with their vocabularies they organize new words by … .

a)pages  b)paragraphs  c)will  d)topics

3 To improve the language they use it on the Internet in … .

a)rapidshare  b)Google  c)mail agent  d)torrent files

4 When learners have got a couple of lessons a week it means they have … .

a)less practice  b)more practice  c)more or less practice

5 What should people try to do to improve their learning?

a)use it in-and-outside  b)use the Internet  c)write down all the words they get

6 When people take the responsibility for their own learning they are … .

a)independent workers  b)autonomous interpreters  c)independent learners  d)autonomous teachers

7 Independent learners like to listen to music.

a)Negative because they are interested in new lexic  b)Absolutely not, they hate music

c)Positive because they are music fans

8 When you work with new words in the text or somewhere else you just … .

a)write  b)look out  c)write down

9 Autonomous learners always take a … to use language outside the class.

a)vocabulary  b)chat room  c)chance  d)email

10 The most useful thing the independent learners do is … .

a)to write emails  b)to write down new words  c)to produce language  d)to use the Internet

Answer the questions

1 What do people who make the most progress take?

2 What do the learners enjoy doing?

3 Where exactly in the Internet do the learners can communicate?

4 What do the learners need to increase their language skills?

5 Why do the learners organize their vocabularies by topics?

6 What will the learners be perfectly at home with?

7 What kind of people are prepared to take responsibility for the learning on their own.

8 What is the kind of language called you try to study?

9 What is offered for the independent learners to improve their language skills to do in almost

all the parts of this text?

10 Why is independent learning not confined to reading and listening?