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Winter 2015

English

3D. Two peech bubble pin isolated. Social network communication concept.

I have been studying English for 2 months, I am try to work as hard as possible. It is not easy to be one on one with all English grammar, and hearing from Canadians "I'm not sure what you mean exactly" when you start using the words you learned in conversation.

I was so upset.

I don't know who came up with it, but the idea was brilliant: a retired English teachers talks for 1.5 hours with new arrivals, and all this takes place once a week in various Saskatoon parks. One teacher studied with two students. We were given tasks for the lesson and we talked all the time about different topics. The teacher helped us to speak grammatically correctly.

The atmosphere is very friendly, peaceful and positive. I met a guy there who has been going to meetings for 1 year and at first he didn't speak at all, but now he has a very good level. I was so energetic, positive and full of good emotions.

So now I'm more optimistic.

Guess who has every Tuesday off now?