EN 2 Listening Comprehension Test video 1.2

Why was Mohammed initially unhappy about taking the English course?

• He thought his English was already good enough.

• He preferred studying grammar instead.

• He wanted to focus on speaking skills.

• He found the course too difficult.

How was academic reading different from the reading Mohammed did at school?

• It focused on learning new vocabulary only.

• It required understanding the writer’s opinion and using information for assessments.

• It was mainly about grammar exercises.

• It involved reading fictional stories.

What lesson did Mohammed learn from losing 10% of his mark?

• Writing essays is harder than he expected.

• Referencing correctly is very important.

• Grammar mistakes are the biggest problem in writing.

• Summarizing is not useful in academic writing.