In the very early months of studying English, I thought about the theme of my
Master dissertation. It was very gloomy that time, but Oral Expression and motivation
were always there. Such a choice was influenced by the problems that my classmates,
that time, were facing during the Oral Expression lectures; I always asked myself the
question “why don‟t they take part in our conversations?” In trying to find an answer
to this question, I asked it loudly, and was surprised at the very many different
answers that everyone was giving me: “I fear the teacher”, “I feel terribly shy if one
of our classmates is going to laugh at me”, “English was not my first choice” or “I am
not interested, it becomes routine!!”