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SOUND ADVICE FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS

       A recent survey of a language learning magazine has consulted a number of experts in the (1) _______ of second language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for those (2) _______ a language course. One suggestion is that you (3) _______ whether you are likely to be successful at learning a language? Did you enjoy studying languages at school, for example? The major (4) ________ will be your own time and effort. Therefore, you must be sure that the course on offer leads to a (5) _______qualification.  Also, be realistic in your (6) ________. If you don’t set achievable aims, you are more likely to give up. Do not be deceived (7) _______ thinking that the most expensive courses are the best. (8)_________ around to get the best possible value for money. You should also bear in mind that the faster you learn a language, the more quickly you forget it. Sandra Miller, a French teacher, tried to teach herself German by rolling on a (9) ________ course. Already fluent in four languages and with a sound knowledge of teaching methodology her chances of (10) ________ progress were high. Three years on she remembers very little. She feels her biggest mistake was not to follow up on her first experience. “I should have consolidated what I’d learned by continuing to study, even if it were by myself.”   

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Mai said she_________a wonderful time there.

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The development of laser use is a major_______ in medicine.

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Once the computer virus was removed, a lot of information ________.

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He was _____ with bribery after she offered to pay the policeman a sum of money to overlook the offence.

Some designers have.......the Ao Dai by printing lines of poetry on it.

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Mom always _____ us to discuss our problems.

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None of the pictures are the same. They are all very different with each other.

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Most people who live in apartments are urban dwellers.

We should follow the traffic  rules strictly, …. ? 

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 It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep……………………

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He's a choreographer who has drawn _____ from Javanese dance.

The material used to make jeans was very ______ and it didn’t wear out easily.

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Her (A) fear of (B) the dark (C) dates from when she (D) has been a little girl.

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One can’t help__________ compassion for the people who lost their homes in the earthquake.

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It is risky to climb to the top of that tree.

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The countryside is too quite for me to live and work in.

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My uncle wishes he didn’t waste time when he was young.

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Our dustbins (empty) …………………….. every Monday.

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No longer ______ their parents allow them to go to the music club.