The key to exercise solutions in chapter Communication 1 for the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education
Question
Listen to two people, Stig and Tessie, talking about leaning a language. Answer the questions.
Listen again and look at the phrases in the How to ... box. Which phrases does Stig say? Which does Tessie say? Write S or T.
Answer
a)
Stig
Japanese; because his wife's parents don’t speak English
speaking; listening
reading and writing
reading and writing
Tessie
Spanish; because she dreams of living in Latin America
understanding what people say; reading
expressing herself
speaking skills / fluently
b)
Stig
I’m quite good at speaking.
My listening's not bad.
The most difficult thing is learning to read and write.
I really want to improve my reading and writing.
Tessie
I’m quite good at understanding what people say.
I’m pretty good at reading.
I’m finding it (rather) difficult to express myself.
I would really like to improve my speaking skills.