e@ Learn Real English AUTHENTIC CONVERSATI NS Teaching / Teacher 2 Conversation to.cut off: to intorapt (tho same page: in Soreemant shang he ‘ame eas Tomoe: 2 (Japanese) Intensive: concentrated, power Ad: Hello Kristin: Hey AJ, sorry | had fo cut offthat last cal. ‘Ad: I's okay, no worries. Kristin: Yeah, yknow, Im, Im just really glad that we're on the same page when it comes to, um, our teaching techniques and ideas on. Ad: Yeah. Kristin: ...teaching. ‘AJ: Wel, it's i's really exciting actually, that, uh, that we're kind of doin’ allthis together. I think it's, i's really great Kristin: Oh, | agree. Yeah, i's very exciting ‘Ad: I think it's exciting for the um, uh, too. | think it's ust exciting that we're makin’ all this great stuf for, uh, know for students. Because, y'know, as a, as a language leamer myself, I'm very frustrated. | think that's one thing that has motivated me to 'be, uh, a better teacher... and improve and improve always as a teacher... and make the lessons really good... is because my own language leaming, uh, y know, efforts, hhave been so frustrating, Kristin: Mm-hm, ‘Ad: And|, | saw such a difference... Like, for example, Spanish... Y-know, uh, 1 Teamed Spanish in the traditional way in school. So, yknow, I'm just al-, I've always struggled with it Kristin: Men-hm, ‘AJ: But thon Tomoe just started learning Spanish. | moan she’s just a low boginner. ‘She had zero Spanish. | mean she's Japanese. They don't learn Spanish in Japan. But she took this four day intensive, uh, coutse using the story telling technique. Kristin: Yeah, | remember. ‘Ad: Yeah, the same one we use. www.LearnRealEnglish.com 1 (© Copyiah 2008: Lear Rea Englah ULE