FIFTH SEMESTER

My goals for the fifth semester

Writing

My aim this semester is to improve mainly this section, as due to the COVID-19 outbreak my schoolmates, teachers, and I won't be able to meet up. Of course, there will be plenty of online sessions via ZOOM / Microsoft teams, but writing will be essential during this semester, as many of the tasks will be given to us to do in written form. Especially, I would like to improve my formal writing skill as it will be quite fundamental for my bachelor's thesis as well. For all this, I will focus on writing in the "Practical language" course as well as in "American History and Literature" classes. There will be plenty of writings that will be evaluated by teachers, so hopefully, I will see at least some of my progress.

Speaking

Even though, this skill will be the hardest one to improve (due to the aforementioned reasons) I won't leave it to lie dormant. As this has always been one of my weakest sections I have to at least try. Of course, as I won't be able to meet personally with others, this one will be quite a pickle. Thus, the only option for me is to try listening to others and provide good feedback/responses to the presented topic during online classes. 

Listening & Reading

This section will be rather self-explanatory. As every year I will focus on listening to various accents (mainly the British RP) through series, music, and audiobooks. Hopefully, by the end of the semester, I will have listened to at least 3 new audiobooks in English, will go through many series, and won't stop listening to music. And as for the reading part, I will try, apart from reading various studies, journals, etc. read one English book.