Kjersti Talks About Learning English

Kjersti is from Oslo in Norway and she is twenty-two years old. She enjoys sports, nature, fly fishing, and she likes to party. She has been traveling for three and a half months. She decided to travel because she wanted to change her job, meet people, and broaden her horizons.

In this interview she talks about learning English: In Norwegian schools they start learning English at eight years old and have at least five hours of lessons a week. She feels the best way to learn English is to watch movies and read books in English. Kjersti also thinks that communication is very important, so having another language that she can speak and understand enriches her life as it allows her to meet and interact with so many interesting people.

Here are some questions to think about before you listen to the interview:

1. What questions would you ask Kjersti if you could?
2. Where would you like to travel to?
3. How many hours a week did you spend learning foreign languages before you entered college?
4. Have you ever read a book in a foreign language?
5. What do you think is the best way to learn a foreign language?