Языковедение : Все о России

Все о России

Our school is very big. It’s a modern three storied building of typical

design.

We do quite a lot of subjects at school. They are: Physics, Mathematics,

Biology, Literature, Russian, English, History of this country and many

other subjects. It is rather difficult to go to school when a school-

leaver, we have so much to do. I know that all the subjects are important

and they all must be paid much attention to, but still I didn't like exact

sciences. I spend much time on doing them at home. However hard I tried all

those formulas and definitions were mixed up in my head and I couldn't make

it out after all. So I had nothing to do but sit for two or three hours

swotting Physics, Chemistry and Maths. My favourite subjects are

Literature, History, English. Most of all I like English. I read English

books, try to translate some articles from the newspaper "Moscow News" from

English into Russian and vice versa. I have some English books and they are

of great help to me when I study English grammar and do some exercises. At

our English lesson we read quite a lot of dull texts from our textbooks.

But in my view, written texts and textbooks are not important. The best way

to improve your language skills and habits is to work at a language

laboratory. I spend plenty of time listening to the tapes, imitating the

sounds and intonations of the native speakers of English. I am working hard

at my pronunciation because my teacher said that it was my weak point. I

decided to take my entrance exams to the Institute because I want to know

English. Nowadays it's impossible to do without forcing languages. Besides

one can't be a learned and well-educated person if one doesn't know at

least one foreign language.