W: I'm going to teach English to some immigrants in the university's community service program.

M: That sounds interesting. Don't you need to speak a foreign language for a job like that?

W: No, you don't. You just have to present the language simply and give the students a chance to practice speaking.

M: Come to think of it, that's the way I was taught to speak Chinese. But speaking didn't help me learn to read and write Chinese.

W: My students won't want to read and write English, at lease not now. They are more interested in speaking.

M: You sound very knowledgeable about all this. How do you know so much?

W: I took a Teaching English as a Second Language course last year when you were in China. I've also talked with the experienced teachers quite a lot. I think I would like to be an ESL teacher when I graduate.

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M: Well, Jenny, the school year is almost over. We just have two more weeks before exams. What do you plan to do this summer?