Examiner:
W here have you been in Spain?
Candidate:
I've been to Spain m any tim e s and each tim e I did a road trip . One trip w a s in th e n o rth of
Spain, tra v e llin g fro m France acro ss th e Pyrenees, th ro u g h th e B asque c o u n try and a ll th e
w ay down to M ad rid.
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U th re e
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Language learning
Is it con sid ered im p o rta n t in y o u r c o u n try to le arn fo re ig n languages?
W hat, in y o u r opinion, is th e best w ay to le arn a language?
W hy are som e people s e e m in g ly b e tte r at le a rn in g la ng uag es tha n o th e rs ?
English as a global language
How do people in y o u r c o u n try fe e l ab o u t E ng lish being the w o rld language?
Do you th in k th e c u ltu re of E n g lis h -s p e a k in g c o u n trie s , as w e ll as th e E ng lish language, do m in ate
th e w o rld ?
W hy do you th in k people fe e l it is im p o rta n t to c o n tin u e spe aking th e ir lo c a l languages?
Sample answers:
Examiner:
Is it considered im p o rta n t in y o u r c o u n try to le a rn fo reign languages?
Candidate:
M ore th a n ju s t im p o rta n t, it's c o n s id e re d e s s e n tia l. The E n g lis h po et J o h n D onne said
no m an is an is la n d ', and I th in k in th is day and age th a t is a ls o tr u e o f c o u n trie s : we
are a ll in tr ic a te ly c o n n e c te d . A c o u n try th a t w a n ts to do b u s in e s s a b ro a d and e x p o rt
its go od s has to k n o w how to c o m m u n ic a te w ith fo re ig n e rs , and th a t m e a n s s p e a k in g
fo re ig n la n g u a g e s .
Examiner:
W hat, in y o u r op inion, is th e best w ay to le a rn a language?
Candidate:
U n d o u b te d ly , th e b e s t w ay is to go and liv e in a c o u n try w h e re th e la n g u a g e is s p o k e n
as a n a tiv e la n g u a g e . B u t th a t is n o t e n o u g h - I have fr ie n d s w h o have do ne ju s t th a t,
b u t th e y s tu c k to g e th e r w ith p e o p le w h o sp o ke th e ir la n g u a g e and so th e y h a rd ly le a rn t
a n y th in g . You have to im m e rs e y o u r s e lf c o m p le te ly in th e la n g u a g e and th e c u ltu re .
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