I’ve thought the same since it came out and still… Nope :joy:

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What’s this musical note by peoples names??

Hi guys! Get voting in the girl band thread

Had pasta etc for dinner, going to water the plants and then have a bit of football watching.

Denotes the millionaires

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once.

@discobot had an AI upgrade and has determined from our posting style who among us have a beautiful singing voice

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Well, if it’s one to one then you can start simple by getting to know each other, talk about family, pets etc. basic stuff

What do you have for textbook/resources?

Picture books with lots of nouns and text that you can point to, say words & get them repeat are a dead simple way to quickly increase vocabulary as nouns are easy to file away in memory

If the person you’re teaching is at a slightly more advanced level I 100% recommend reading a play with them. Any two-person drama where you each take a role is a great way to practice reading, speaking and listening all at once & can be really fun

Other suggestions for one-to-one, especially this time of year is to do walk-and-talks. Get out of the classroom and let the environment you’re in spontaneously steer conversation. This is also an excellent way to memorise things and talk in comparatives: over/under, near/far, big/small etc. It will also make a refugee feel more comfortable in their new environment to be able to talk about the things around them, and a lot of their learning will be in observing how you communicate in that environment. It’s quite often small contact things that make an unfamiliar person feel awkward in a new country - ordering a coffee or an item in a shop without being embarrased, understanding words for numbers/money & change …that kind of thing

So go get a coffee or whatever and maybe make it a regular thing to try a different sandwich or pastry each week or something like that :slight_smile:

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Just rebooked jab 2, and instead of it being on 30th June, it’s now tomorrow morning! Can’t wait for that perfect 5G reception

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I HATE just waiting around more than anything on earth

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it’s people who have supported towards the server costs - see Sean’s thread - but we’re all a bit bashful

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The getting out and about thing is a really good thing - I’d actually forgotten about that due to being cloistered during corona and just doing online classes.

Remember some of my classes before the rona were literally just having a beer with a student or walking around playing Pokemon go if they were a kid

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Eve er ning!

Had frozen pizzas for tea and then took the dog for a quick trot.

Washed the bed covers today, just went to put the duvet cover on and it snagged on the wardrobe and tore pretty much in half… Looks like in going to get a new duvet cover tomorrow.

Now watching the football with a bit of cake and nursing my sore, blistered feet after traipsing up the Malvern hills this morning.

Evening!

Went shopping today with my Mum to the new “West Midlands” McArthurGlen shopping village as it’s my last day off work. Came home and went for a walk, then made naan bread pizza for tea. Currently watching Parks and Recs (again) and waiting for a movie to start on the Horror Channel at 9pm called The Heretics. Going to go make my overnight oats in a bit and maybe have a cup of decaff tea.

Absolutely, ’passive’ learning is so much more fruitful and having that real-time response thing going on is a far more natural way of learning than in a classroom or in front of a screen

Highly recommend the play reading too though, really gives the student the chance to be a character and put some distance between them and their self-consciousness

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shut it

Evening :wave:

Not much to report here: had a nice hotdog for dinner with some salad and guacamole. Gonna start watching Parks and Rec, which I’ve never watched before. And then probably catch the second half of whichever game is on tonight.

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I am actually gonna try it but always shied away from it because I hate plays and drama and acting.

Ham it up man, it’s a great laugh

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Love Parks and Rec…so excited for you!

Stick with it through the first few episodes :star_struck:

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I’m a serious professor on an ego trip, man. Can’t be fucking with the formula

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