Interview with Andrew

Elmira: - Hello Andrew, happy to see you today! Dear friends I just wanna to remind that today is the fifteenth of October, Friday, and I am going to get to know some important points from my old friend Andrew. He was so kind to agree to meet me in the evening and to answer all my questions.

Andrew: - No problem. It's a language practice which in no way won't be superfluous for me. Especially, I am always glad to help to the friend.

Elmira: - About language I also wanna to get to know a little. What place English occupies in your life. It would be desirable for you to tell how exactly you decided to be engaged in English, and what advantages it presented to you. But at first tell pair of words about yourself.

Andrew: - Ok. My full name is Bastrikov Andrew Aleksandrovich. I’m 21-year old student. I live in Kerch, it’s the city in Ukraine. I’ve been living here since I was born. My interests are: music – I like to play the guitar, sport – I like to do exercises on the horizontal bar, languages – the more languages you know, the more times you are a human. I love good rock and heavy groove metal.

Elmira: - Hmm, so, you are rather self-developed person. Unfortunately, I can't share your admiration of heavy metal, I prefer classics... But it doesn't matter. Well, you was born in Kerch, and suddenly decided that English is necessary for you. How did it happen?

Andrew: - I started to learn English when I was in elementary school. Together with a few of my friends I had English classes with a private teacher. From the very beginning I had a great motivation to study it, there was no any motives – I was just very curious. The more new letters and words I learned the more I wanted to learn new ones. I had a great satisfaction from doing it!

But not everything was so cloudless. At the 5-th grade I had a new English teacher. It was a critical moment, because I could understand almost nothing she was talking about. From that moment I lost my interest to this language. After a year we again had a new English teacher, than he changed again and again. I’ve been learning English that just to have some mark.

When I was studying in the higher school the interest to this language started to increase. And the main reason of it was again my English teacher. She managed to give such kind of tasks, which totally involved me. And once I understood that I want to read books in English and freely speak it. I did my best, but studying in the school came to the end. So I decided to continue it’s studying.

Elmira: - Great! Don't you agree that its a real heroic and even a bit lyrical story! It was your destiny – to learn English! So, what was further?

Andrew: - I promised to myself to enter the foreign language department. And with some difficulties managed to do it! At the institute I understood that English has many sides. That it is important to develop different skills. Of course my teachers played the basic role in this process. Now I have the right to give English lessons and I understand that the teacher plays a very important role in the language studying. He often gives motivation, develops the skills, helps to understand and clarifies every difficulty.
Elmira: - Well, can you frankly tell me that you are satisfied? Don't you regret that you have chosen this way, this profession?

Andrew: - No way. I am sure.

Elmira: - Well, Andrew, you can't even imagine what a pleasure is this to see a really self-confident person! And the last question for today: what English gave to you?

Andrew: - A lot:

• The profession. I’m a teacher and I can be a translator.
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  The ability to broaden my interest. English is the international language of communication, so I can read a lot of things (books, newspapers, articles, advertisements, films, songs) in this language, can communicate with native speakers and with everyone who more or less can do it.
• It developed my memory and taught me to study at all.

Elmira: - Ok. Thanks for everything, today I enjoyed very much to communicate to you. I wish you success, and a prompt career growth. Be same self-confident as now, and never be disappointed in English!

Andrew: - Thanks a lot. I received pleasure as well.

Elmira: - By the way, our interview you can read tomorrow in the evening on my blog. I think, it will be interesting to everybody to know your way in English. If that, tell me the remarks and reflections. Thank you a lot, see you soon!

Andrew: - Bye.