15. End of term.

I would like to say that this course was really useful. There are several important things which I have learned. First of all, I have learned to organize my thoughts in a logical way. We have written four essays which have had special requirements for the structure. In my view, structure is really very important part in writing essay. It helps reader to follow your ideas and just to read an essay up to the end. So, now I have some practice and know something about a proper organization of a text, and this knowledge also helps me to write essays in Russian. Secondly, I have learned to make presentations on public. It goes without saying that this skill is really one of the most important skills. We constantly have different relations with people and conversations which require for skills of communication. It is necessary to get a public attention, to be convincing and to be interesting to listen to in order to make a good presentation. It seems to me that sometimes our success depends on our skills of persuasion. So, I have learned some basic knowledge of making presentations and it has already helped me.  In my view, I have really improved my writing skills and fluency at some extent. Still, I need to work on fluency, pronunciation and grammar. I would like to enlarge my vocabulary, improve grammar and train my speaking skills next semester.