Preparation for ZNO. Listening

Listening.

Look at the six sentences for this part. You will hear the man called Aaron and a woman called Sophia talking about learning languages. Decide if each

sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, put a tick in the box under A for

YES. If it is not correct, put a tick in the box under B for NO.

.Aaron: That was a great Japanese lesson today.

Sophia: Yeah, I enjoy trying to write the characters - though I haven't found a system for remembering them yet. It's challenging studying a language that's so different from your own, isn't it?

Aaron: You need a bit of brain power sometimes, yeah. Personally, i don't think I'll ever speak any language other than English perfectly. But so many people speak English around the world that it doesn't matter if you can't speak anything else.

Sophia: I think being able to use at least a few words when you travel abroad is a really positive thing to do! It helps you create better relationships with people from other countries.

Aaron: Well, I learn languages because I enjoy doing it. I don't really travel a lot. Sophia:  Anyway, you've got a much better memory than I have for learning new words - how do you do that?

Aaron: I don't know - it just seems to happen! I don't make a lot of effort to remember things, they just seem to stay in my head.

Lucky you. You know what I love most about learning languages?

Aaron: Go on.

Sophia: When someone who speaks the language you're learning actually understands what you're saying in it! Of course, I don't always get what they're saying back to me, but never mind. You can ask people to repeat what they've said - or use a dictionary to help.

Aaron: I don't seem to have too many problems with listening... I'd say speaking's probably my strongest skill - but putting things down on paper is where I have most problems. It helps if you read a lot, though, then you know how things are spelled, that kind of thing.

Sophia: I know. I don't think getting things wrong is actually something we should try to avoid - that's the way you learn.

Aaron:  'Cos you're more likely to remember something if someone has to correct you? Yeah - I'd agree with you there.