Tips for dealing with a speaking task 1. Find ways to assess your performance: 1) record your oral work (play, analyze and revise) 2) find a speaking partner 3) write it down after the oral practice 4) compare it with a speaking model 2. Assess your performance in several aspects: 1) overall structure (beginning, ending, the order of information presented, the overall structure) 2) sentence structure / vocabulary 3) a full use of what has been dealt with in the tasks 3. Relate it to everyday events.

Tips for dealing with a reading task 1. Follow the tasks in the course using the required reading strategies. 2. Analyze the major comprehension problems: vocabulary / grammar / background knowledge / reading strategies 3. Do follow-up work: 1) copying 2) filling in the blanks 3) rewriting by following questions, notes, outline, flowchart, etc. 4) writing a summary 5) translating