Well, I’m Dario
and tonight I’m going to talk ‘bout Irish feelings... Oh my, I do love this
place and the most important thing: a student of mine is going to Dublin in
order to improve his studies in English. He was approved in a governmental program
known as Science without Borders and he’s heading the Dublin City University
next July. His name
is Francisco Bruno Gomes da Silva.
Dario: How did you know about this governmental program? Bruno: Some colleagues of the same course that travelled abroad before me, we study Industrial Mathematics.
D: You study at UFC, don't you? Will
English help you in your course? How?
B: Yes. Yes. Many of the materials available for more
advanced subjects are written in English and my trip to Ireland will be really
important for me.
D:Wow... It's amazing! Would you mind
telling us how the exams on Science without Borders were? What sort of tests did you do?
B: I took a test called TOEFL ITP, you must know about
TOEFL, the ITP is one of its modalities concerning the English language. This
was the only test I took but there were, of course, other criteria. For
instance: analysis of academic performance.
D: And did you have the opportunity
to choose your destination? Why Ireland?
B: Yes, I did. I chose Ireland for basically two
reasons. First, it's in Europe. Second, its universities accept TOEFL ITP at
the time I couldn't afford to TOEFL IBT or IELTS actually, I really wanted to
go to United Kingdom, but ITP was not accepted this year.
D: Did you pay anything to do this
exam?
B: TOEFL ITP is free. The government
takes the cost of this test, but TOEFL IBT and IELTS are not free. To tell you the truth, they're too expensive.
D: Okay! Could you leave the CLM
students a message of motivation?
B: Of course! First of all, I’d like
to say: don't give up on your dreams, no matter how hard it might be for you to
achieve it. Difficulties will always appear mainly for those who are not so
high financial level in society (my case, for example lol) but we must overcome
the obstacles.
D: Thanks buddy, I wish
you all the best during your stay in Dublin. Keep in touch and thank you so
much for telling me the news and for your belief in our school.
B: You’re welcome *--* I hope it helps to motivate more students to study
more English.
Congratulations,
Bruno! We are really proud of you.
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