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2 Think of a similar description of a famous person but don't say who it is. Get ready to tell your groupmates your story.Let them guess who it is.

FUNCTION

HOW TO WRITE AN INFORMAL LETTER

1

E

Read the personal letter below. Study its structure and label the components. For more information see Appendix.

D

A

B

C

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F

G

___ signature ____ addressing ____ the postcode

____ the date ____ the number of the building ____ final polite phrase___

____ your address

FOLLOW UP

Write a similar letter, describe your new friend using new words and expressions from Lesson 4.

LESSONS 5 – 6

Get ready for your writing and oral Test 1. Use evaluation exercises in the workbook to find out how much progress you have made in Lessons 1 – 4.

LESSON 7

AT UNIVERSITY

VOCABULARY AND LISTENING

LISTENING 1

Listen to Maurizio and Carly talking about their studying. Insert Mif the information is about Maurizio andCif it's about Carly.

  1. .… studies languages.

  2. … comes from Australia.

  3. … lives at home.

  1. … knows Italian.

  2. … combines studying and job.

  3. … is going to work as a translator.

LISTENING 2

1 You are going to listen to some conversations. Look at the words in the box and guess what the speakers will talk about.

Academic vocational freshman administration sophomore

license faculty advisor degree junior senior adult education major/minor electives core courses c umulative grade point average

2 Listen to the conversations and write the answers to the questions.

Conversation 1:

      1. What do we call a student who has just started high school or college? ________________________________________________________

      2. What are second, third, and fourth year students called? ________________________________________________________

Conversation 2:

      1. What do students receive at the end of their studies? ________________________________________________________

Conversation 3:

      1. What are the teachers of a school called? _______________________________________________________

      2. Who ranks higher than teachers in a school? _______________________________________________________

      3. What is the special teacher who is assigned to help each student called? _______________________________________________________

Conversation 4:

      1. What kind of schools are colleges and universities? _______________________________________________________

      2. What other kinds of schools are there? _______________________________________________________

Conversation 5:

      1. What are the courses like math, science, and English that all students have to take called? _______________________________________________________

      2. What are the courses that students can choose called? _______________________________________________________

Conversation 6:

      1. What are the subjects a student emphasizes most and second most in college called? _______________________________________________________

Conversation 7:

      1. What do the letters GPA stand for? _______________________________________________________