Unit 2 b: Learning a Foreign Language

aspects of English p.354

speech practice

grammar

phonetics

listening comprehension

reading comprehension

activities in a classroom

pronunciation

in your own words

vocabulary: compare: dictionary, vocabulary

to consult a dictionary / *to look up a word in

a dictionary

to build up / to develop/ to enlarge/ to increase/

to enrich / to extend one’s vocabulary

to make a (careful) study of smth

compare: study, studies

to do a lot of revision

to translate: to do a translation

to translate smth from smth into smth

to write: to write smth down / to get smth

down / to copy smth down / to note smth

down / to take smth down

compare: to take notes, to make notes

to copy: to copy smth from / out of smth

to copy from smb / to crib

to photocopy smth

classroom English: p.361

to pronounce after smb

to read smth aloud – antonym: to read smth to

yourself / yourselves

*to read smth through

to do smth in written form / in writing – to do

smth orally

*to hand smth in

*to hand smth out

a handout

Raise your hand.

coursebook / textbook

compare: Open your books at page 5.

Text 3 is on page 5.

abilities

to be good / clever / bright / brainy at (doing)

smth

to be bad / awful / hopeless at (doing) smth

to be a capable student

to be a quick / fast learner – antonym: to be a

slow learner

*to have an ear for music (languages) –

antonym: to have no ear for smth

to have a good memory for smth – antonym: to

have a bad / poor memory for smth/ to

have a memory like a sieve

to have good communication skills

discipline

to attend smth – antonym: to be absent from

(class) / to skip / to miss / to cut classes

to make an excuse / to have an excuse

a poor / lame excuse for smth

there is no excuse for smth

to miss classes without a good excuse

to play truant

a truant

success in studies

to have a good knowledge of smth – antonym: to have a poor knowledge of smth

to have a good command of English

to be fluent in English – antonym: to lack fluency in speech

to achieve a good level of smth

to master a language

great / remarkable / tremendous achievement in smth

to get a sense of achievement

problems with studies:

to be behind / *to fall behind / to lag behind smb in (Grammar), with (a project)

*to catch up with smb / on the material

to miss a deadline – antonym:

to meet a deadline

to postpone doing smth / to put smth off

effort: it takes a lot of effort, to make an effort (to do smth)

to have difficulty in (doing) smth

to have problems with (doing) smth

to make progress in maths / with studies

to do well in studies

to improve in smth

to get rid of mistakes

*to keep up with smb

*to brush up one’s knowledge (of a subject)

to complain of hardships

attention: to attract / to catch / to get smb’s

attention

to draw attention to smth – antonym: to

distract attention from smth

to stimulate smb to do smth

*to get down to work / to doing smth

to do one’s homework

to concentrate on smth

to cope with smth / to manage to do smth

*to learn parrot fashion

to learn from your mistakes