The proposed individual tasks are compiled for the IV course students of the specialty “practical psychology and foreign language and literature”. The main purposes and aims of these tasks are: to introduce new speech patterns and vocabulary on the topics, to develop phonetic, lexical and grammar skills, to master the speech patterns and new vocabulary usage in both oral and written speech, text analysis, to improve translation skills, to write essays on the proposed topics and problems, etc.

    The great accent is stressed upon the development of the ability of essay writing and text analysis. The course consists of 27 lessons. Each lesson has the following structure: topic, purposes and aims, control forms, tasks, self-control tasks, and literature.

    The tasks are built upon the textbook by Arakin V.D. Practical course of English. Part 3. M.: Prosveshcheniye, 1989. The following chart represents in brief the main tasks of the course. For more detailed information consult the lessons. There are at least 20 mistakes in the letter below. Dear Ann, Not be angry with me for my long silence, but really I were too busy to write.

    As you know, I was leaving school in June and must prepare for my entrance exams to the Institute. My parents say that teaching the children was the noble thing. So I decide to become a teacher. I must take four exams and passed all of them on excellent marks.

    Now I am the first – year student from the Teachers’ Training Institute. My main subject is English. But I work hardly to make a good progress in different subjects. Our English teacher say if we want to know English well we must practice a lot.

    There is a good language laboratory at our faculty. So I work here at my pronunciation now. I thought it will help me to get rid of my mistakes in the shorter possible time.

    Last month I have received a letter from my better friend Marry. She live in England and she wrote me that we can meet very soon. She hope that she would be able to got an invitation to England for me. I look forward to my first visit to the London.

    If I shall have a chance I shall send you a cards with the sights of London. My best regards to your parents. I didn’t see them for ages.