SELF ASSESSMENT OF ESP LEARNING

WRITING SKILLS: Once I write a new summary I improve my writing skills. In my opinion my writing skills are not bad, but still there is a room for improvement. I could not say the same about ESP tests. I am not learning words as hard as I should; I just drill them for the test. Sometimes I even don’t know how to use one or another word in the text, because tests don’t give me this opportunity. Dictations help me to improve both my writing and listening skills. It is a good way of learning. Weblogs contributions are an interesting way of learning, but it takes some time to write then to type and put everything to the blog.

SPEAKING SKILLS: I find class discussions useful, because I can hear different opinions from different people and express my own view. I am trying to participate in discussions every time when I have what to say or I have good arguments and understand the topic quite well. Speaking in pairs isn’t as useful as discussions, because my partner isn’t very talkative and sometimes our opinions are the same and we don’t have what to discuss. Presentations are hard for me, because they need a lot of preparation and I don’t like to speak in front of the audience.

LISTENING SKILLS: Listening in class is quite easy for me, even if it is authentic language, because often I am not given the exact task, so I try to catch the main idea, in my opinion I am doing it not bad. It is harder when I have questions or have to do other tasks, it requires more attention. I don’t understand the usefulness of listening to podcasts. It’s hard to find them and it gives no use when I just listen and not doing other tasks.

READING SKILLS: I like home reading a lot and I find it useful. It is better when the text is not long and is interesting for me. Most of the texts I read without dictionaries and try to understand them, if something is unclear I check it in the dictionary. Some texts are too easy for me and give no use, but some are perfect and help to improve my knowledge. Reading comprehension exercises I find the most useful for my studies, but they also have to be high level that I could improve my skills. I find computer tasks not a good idea, because computer distracts my attention and is not good for my eyes. After these tasks I feel not very well.