karina abramyants "how to improve your english. case study and tips."
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CASE STUDY No 1
Slava i s a bus inessman
Slava has no ti me to study
Slava wants to be popular
•Business talks, letters
Slava is a businessman.
•www.businessenglish.pod.com
Slava has no time to study.
•Funny stories and jokes
Slava wants to be popular.
CASE STUDY No 2
•Business
correspo
ndence
Maria is an office worker.
•Language exchange
sites
Maria needs to improve her writing
skills.
•English speaking forum
s•Q&
AMaria likes
gossiping and life advising.
CASE STUDY No 3•Joll
y-jumping websites and forums
Kolya is a jolly-jumper.
•Find an expat willing to jolly-jump
Kolya likes hanging out with girls.
•Comment in film blogs
Kolya likes movies.
Case Study No 4•Cir
culate, communicate
Olga can’t lift the language barrier.
•Read aloud, recite poems
Olga feels uneasy about speaking.
•Imitate the voice
Olga adores Jennifer Aniston.
How to watch English movies
Always use the headphones
Never watch a film with subtitles until you watch it many times without subtitles.
Watch the same film over and over again
Reading Tips• Read aloud!
• Visualize events!
• Read a book with lots of dialogues!
• Retell the most exciting passage to yourself or play a dialogue.
• Read a book you’ve already read or seen the movie of in your own language.
• Skip the first 10 pages.
• Read a translation into English.