فرنلیش - B2 listening about languages

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Listen to five people talking about learning languages. which speaker mentioned the statements below. write A, B, C, ... in the gap.

I never had time to go to the German classes my company arranged for us at work, so I used to put tapes on in the car, on the way in every morning and just let the language wash over me. I was completely immersed in it for the whole journey. Then I'd listen to the same section on the way home and that was enough to ensure I learnt what I'd heard in the morning. When I go to Germany on sales trips now I have very few problems understanding people. Business seems to be improving, too.

I went to Spain twice when I was studying languages at university; once on holiday and the next year to work in a bar. The holiday was a disaster in terms of language learning. I spent most of the time with my English friends and hardly learnt a thing. When I went back there to work, though, I spoke Spanish all day and my speaking and understanding really improved. That experience working abroad helped me pass my final exams just as much as studying, I’m convince. Oh, and I’m getting married this year to my Spanish girlfriend.

I spent three years teaching English in Poland with my boyfriend back in the early 90s. It took us both quite a long time to learn any Polish in the beginning, partly because of laziness, but mostly because we were working long hours teaching and speaking English all day. Things got better, though, once we eventually got to know a few Polish people and we had more chance to speak the language. We both became much more integrated after that. We even saw a few films in Polish at the cinema.

Here in Wales everyone can speak English, but more and more young people are learning Welsh,the real native language. My mum and dad both came to Wales from England, so I only ever spoke in English till I came to this school. But all lessons are in Welsh, see? Right from day one everything has been in Welsh and I've learnt really quickly. So now I've got the two languages. I speak in Welsh with my friends and I speak it at home, too, with my brother. It's great cause we can talk about things in front of my mum and dad and they've got no idea what either of us is saying really useful sometimes!

When I left university I desperately wanted to work abroad, but all three French-owned companies that I applied to turned me down at the interview stage. I'd only ever learnt grammar when I was at school so when I had to speak French in the interview, I couldn't understand the questions and I'm sure the interviewers couldn't understand a word of what I was saying. So, I signed up for a two-month course in Paris and when I came back, I got the first job I applied for.

A Studying abroad brought success.

B Not everyone understands me when I speak.

C Doing things twice worked for me.

D Going to the cinema helped me learn.

E I made more progress the second time.

F Progress was very slow at first.

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