The good ol' days

Today's lesson started out with a review of last weeks one point as always here at Smith's School of English. The student had reviewed it well. I could tell because he used it so naturally when i presented him with an opportunity to do so.

After the one point we began discussing phrase cards 1 through 5. The student came right out and said he really enjoyed these phrases and told me that these are great for expanding his "range" in English and that the phrases themselves seemed very practical. He would do his best to define the phrases using different terms, use them in sentences, and pose questions to me using the new phrases. This provided a lot of talking practice for him and eventually led to him telling me that he used to own a coffee shop. You never know where the natural flow of conversation will take you!

He described this as a really great period in his life, a fond memory if you will. I could tell how sincere he was by the nostalgic look in his eye. He told me all about how he used to enjoy talking to the customers and filling their cups with coffee. He had about 11 staff members that worked with him there and it all sounded very fulfilling to me. Now he is retired and enjoys a more relaxing daily life but it was rather touching to watch him reminisce that way. When time was up we finished up with a new one point and said our farewells until next week.