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1.    People speak lots of differen: anguages n my country, but the_ii English - it it uted in

business, polttks and eArcaton as the main language of comru*i katon.

2.    My SC Iwo Isas «n excellent_wliefe uve tan listen to topes. watth videos and us« computers

to impros-e our English.

3.    I lssve terrible probems with my Eng sh_. Nobody can undersland a wocd I say

4.    Always corry a good diet onary around with you. If you don't undersland a wocd, you can then

5.    Wlsen you learn a naw wocd. you tltould try to    . it as miKh as postibla m your wr tten and

spoken English.

6.    I ddnt leam Spamsh at school. but I managed to_wh*n l was travellmg around 5pain

7.    He has an unusual_: lt's not Britkh, and ifs not American, lt's something in between.

8.    There are two typers of diet onary you can use; a_one. wheh giveS a Wanslat on of the

Word. and a_one. which eiplains the word in the same language.

9.    I thnk my Eng sh is_wdl. Last year I passed my PET etan. this year I passed my FC£. and

now rm studying for the CAE. Ican def in te y say that Im mak ng good    ■

10.    Of courte I speak good English. I w spoken t all my lif*. It t my    . I aso speak French as a

11.    My English, French Spanish and PortugueS* are_. I speak them perfectly. ike a_

of thote countres. I suppose you coud say that l'm_.

12.    V/1sen I leam: German at sehoo, I earnt It_; we listened to the teachec and simpy

repeated wliat he sad. I never learnt to use it properly

13.    My Italian isnt great, but when l go to Itafy I can usually_n restaufants. shops. bars. etc,

Basicalty, people undersland what l'm trying to say.

14. Learning a angusge can be_, but it is aways_, especially w hen you find you

can_with peope in the r osvn country

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