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Jo So what did you think of the class this morning?

Sam It was ok, but I don’t think I learnt very much.

Jo Why not? I thought she was a good teacher.

Sam I don’t know. Maybe she just talked too much. I got bored of listening toher.

Jo Yeah, but what she said was interesting. Especially when she explained thepresent perfect. It sounded soeasy.

Sam I’m not interested in the present perfect! I need to learn more words. Itdoesn’t really matter if my tenses aren’tquite right as long as people understand me.

Jo She did give us some new words though.

Sam I know but she didn’t write any of them on the board. She was too busytalking.

Jo I wrote them in my book if you want to copy them. I know that if I don’twrite new words down I’ll never rememberthem.

Sam Thanks. I’ll give your book back to you tomorrow. If I don’t see a wordwritten down I can never rememberit either and I need to write it down myself to help my memory.

Jo What about the phonemic chart? Did you find that useful?

Sam Yes, although I found it really difficult to hear the difference in thesounds she made.

Jo Yes, I’ll need to practise them too. If we use the chart every lessonthough I think it might help you to remembernew words. If you can ‘see’ the sound you need to make it might be easier.

Sam Yeah, I think you’re right. Maybe you should be my teacher!

Jo Oh I don’t think I could do that! In any case I prefer working on my own. Iknow she said we had to work ingroups for the next lesson and prepare a presentation, but I learn much morewhen I can work on my own, at myown pace.

Sam I don’t mind working with others. I really like working in a group. Thatway I can listen to what other peoplewant to say.

Jo You mean they do the work for you!

Sam No! Well, …maybe a little! You know how I like to sit, listen and draw inclass!

Jo Maybe you should draw pictures of new words rather than drawing squares andcircles all the time.

Sam That’s a great idea! So will you be in my group for the next lesson?...