Chapter 7 ----Coffee-time at the language school

It is coffee time on Tuesday morning at The English Language College.

Arturo is standing near Angela Leach's desk in reception. He sees Rosa coming

down the stairs.

"Hello! Rosa!" he says. He does not want to speak Spanish because Angela

is listening to him. She tells the Course Director everything!

"Rosa! Do you like your new class?" he asks.

"I'm not sure," she answers. "The teacher is good, but the course book is

very easy."

"Don't worry!" says Arturo. "The first lessons in course books are always

very easy. I'm sure your book will get more difficult."

"Well, how about your class?" asks Rosa.

"I like it when the teacher's speaking," says Arturo, "but there's too much

pairwork."

"What's pairwork?" asks Rosa.

"It's when you practise your English by speaking to the person next to you,"

Arturo explains.

"But that's good!" says Rosa. "All the students have more speaking time!"

"It isn't good for me!" Arturo answers. The student next to me reads his

dictionary all the time. He looks for words to say, but he says nothing.

When I speak to him, he doesn't understand me!"

"Don't worry!" says Rosa. "Pairwork is very difficult the first time.

Tomorrow it will be very easy!"

"Don't make fun of me!" says Arturo. "You're a very bad person, so I'm

only going to ask you one more question."

"What?" asks Rosa.

"I'm alone here in England. Would you like to go shopping and sightseeing

with me on Saturday?"

"I'm a very bad person," says Rosa, "so the answer to your question is yes!"