Davie and Chanel gave me a lovely birthday present; a course of French language lessons to be accessed via Zoom. After my French course was cut short at the beginning of the first Covid lockdown I never considered signing up for a remotely delivered language course, because I didn’t think that I would enjoy it as much as meeting up in person. Well, how wrong I was! I’m now two weeks in to my course and I’m loving it! First of all I had to take an online test in French grammar. I did respectably well but not 100% which is to be expected after so many years of not doing grammar. Based on my results I was allocated to an Upper Intermediate class and I feel very comfortable in it. The other students, of whom there are about eight, are of a similar level to me and seem to be a pleasant lot. We can all see each other on the screen as well as our teacher, who adopts a brisk pace during the 90 minute lesson. I find it fascinating that we all sign in from different locations around the UK, and our teacher is in Brussels. I realised this when the teacher asked us whether it was snowy where we are and of course we all had different answers! At least two of us are in London, and one lady is in Hull. I haven’t quizzed my fellow students on exactly where they live as it might sound a bit stalkerish. Needless to say I have bought the textbook and a lovely notebook to write my work in.
Today Alison and Bill came round for a coffee, it was great to see them. James lit the fire in the lounge and we spent all afternoon chatting. They are such pleasant people and it was good to hear all their family news. Bill will be going skiing to Italy next week at the same time that we will be in Austria.
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