Al final
I had my last lesson with the rheumatologists this morning. José brought in a pack of Twinings tea and some biscuits and they had arranged for the cafe to send up some water and coffee (just in case the tea was not to their taste). This was rather touching, as it was when Javier, the senior consultant, dug into his briefcase and handed me a book saying that it was to say thankyou for being their teacher. The book is called Hablar bien no cuesta tanto which translates as Speaking correctly isn’t so difficult. It’s filled with advice from a learned chap on things like how to pronounce words, how to spell them and so on. They seem to take their lead from writers in the 1600s… still, it’ll be interesting.
So that was pretty nice, they’ve been an easy group to teach, always willing to talk and surprisingly chipper at the end of shifts or at 8am (and sometimes even after a 24 hour stint on call).
Hopefully they’ll be wanting another course starting in October.
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