Interview

Who are you?

 My name is Nick Lutsenko. I am 21.

Where do you live?

 I live in Kerch, the Crimea. I am the student of the English language department.

Nick, what interests do you have?

Speaking about me I want to share with you my interests. They are: sport (especially power lifting, bodybuilding and swimming), history and archaeology, philosophy and languages to some extent.

How did you learn English?

  I started learning English when I was about 5 years old. I was fond of it in this age learning it with a great interest. I absorbed the new information with a monstrous speed - and owing to it my English was comparatively good to the time I began to attend school.

 And what happened in school?

 In school I started to improve my knowledge – and I had an opportunity to do this. I had a great luck – my first teacher of English was really perfect one. She explained me why I need English in my life. Thus I was greatly motivated in learning English because even being 9-10 years old I knew that English is the language of world communication and so on.  It’s a pity, my next teachers were not so skilled in the process of teaching… And that’s why my English didn’t progress for several years.

Thus, when I decided to try to enter the English language department I had to attend some extra classes of English.

And I had luck in the second time – I found the really good, experienced teacher with the help of whom I greatly improved my English and, of course, entered the department I wanted. She explained me the only right way I should learn the language in order to know it well. I learned words, their pronunciation, their usage, grammatical constructions and the way they are used, I listened to the cassettes with voices of native speakers – all this noticeably improved my level of knowledge English.

Yes, I see…

As I have already mentioned, now I am the student of the English language department and I consider my English to be in comparatively good level.

What has English given you?

English has given me much:

1. Satisfaction of knowing it in a comparatively good level;
2. The ability to speak English and to use it in different spheres;
3. The ability to read books of English-speaking writers in original;
4. The ability to earn money using it.