Harold is studying English as a second language and plans to travel abroad for several months to improve his skills. He feels that being immersed in an English-speaking environment will help him speak better when he returns. Harold finds listening and speaking to be the most difficult abilities and wants to practice regularly with classmates and during social activities while abroad. He chose to study English because it is useful for business and everyday life, and believes its grammar and structure are better than other languages.

1. My name is Harold and I am studying English as an a second language, I am
planning to travel abroad to get learn more about the language, you know, I
think that if I were there for some months when I’ll come back, I will be
able to speak better than now because I realized that leaning English is
really difficult specially talking about its abilities like grammar, listening,
reading, writing, speaking which always as a student you have to develop
during a learning process… that´s why I decided to travel abroad and
practice all the time, first of all with my colleagues during school time,
then socializing in my dialing routine. I specially feel worried about listening
ability and also speaking because to me, those are the most difficult. As a
student nowadays you have to be qualified for asking for a job and in the majority of them they asked for
a second language and I chose English because in terms of business and also in real life it is really useful
and I heard that its grammar and syntactic structures are better than in other languages.
II. After reading answer the following questions.
What are Harold´s future plans?
What are the most difficult skills in English Harold has?
What are the strategies to improve his skills?
According to Harold Why is it important to speak a foreign language?
Why Did Harold choose to study English?
I. Read the following text about Harold´s plans.
LEARNING ENGLISH
III. Write an email to your friend who is willing to learn a foreign language, give him some pieces of advice, and
remember to talk about the advantages and disadvantages that he can find on that way to learn. You can tell him
about your personal experiences, try to encourage him.
Write between 80-120 words.