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Today. I want to explore with you the difference between face-to-face classroom lessons and e-learning lessons on the internet. I've done both and there's a very real difference. And if you're someone who hasn't had an online lesson before or you're just not sure how they work, we're going to be looking at that today.

In a traditional English class, what you're getting is really well documented in advance. Not only by the course details but  also because that way of educating people has been around for centuries. The idea of the teacher with students and imparting information has been the way of educating people all over the world for thousands upon thousands of years. That means that it's set in stone as we say in English, it's something which is very difficult to change. Newer countries in the world like America slowly are beginning to embrace change. They got these old systems from us and they realised that you know, they could be amended, adapted and that we could move on from them and that probably part of the reason why we now have e-learning because America Uh, once the internet came, I think has really led the way in developing platforms, like, Zoom Skype. Uh, individual lesson platforms which now are part of our everyday lives.

A teacher can become like a mentor. Where they hold you accountable. And that's where the next thing comes in that I want to tell you about and this is something kind of new that's appearing on the horizon, and that is English Coaches. Now, you've heard of lifestyle coaches. People who get you up in the morning. Get you meeting your targets. It's very much a fashionable thing. Um, these days we also have English coaches. Now, there's no clear distinction between who is a teacher and who is a coach, but, you’ll know them, if you find them. Because coaches will be more interested in your long-term goals. They'll be asking you what you're trying to meet… with the English, you're learning why exactly, you are learning that particular thing, why exactly, you're reading that particular book. Where exactly you're trying to get to… English coaching is something that really is huge and it's something that I'll be moving into more and more. Because in the past, of course, up until fairly recently, we've only had Teachers. Teachers, people who give you grammar because you pay the money, the teacher in the classroom, but it's evolving now, And what's coming is some kind of life coach specialising in languages. 

And that probably is going to be the future for a lot of teachers and I think we're beginning to see that now in one-to-one lessons. More and more teachers, especially older ones are beginning to realise that this isn't just all about grammar. This is about you. This is about the person who's on the system sitting in front of you, who somewhere is a real live person and how can you help that person reach their goals. How can you Empower them how can you give them what they want in a way that moves them on to the next level. 

That's that's really what's coming out of all of this. And already I'm seeing English coaches appearing on the internet, but don't misunderstand me because it seems to me that there's also another type of English coach In the same way, as there's a football coach.

So there are those as well. But I think the English coaches I'm talking about are more like mentors. They are people who really care about where you are going.

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 Well I'm in the supermarket today. I'm not really sure that I have everything I want so I'm kind of wandering around here. Trying to make sure that I have everything. I decided to make an aubergine bake. So for that, I need some pasta, tomato sauce…. I already have the aubergine, mozzarella and herbs but um, yeah. I just feel something is missing. And, I just came from the coffee shop next door. While hanging over my decaffeinated coffee I was also contemplating my next project. Before you get too excited, it's nothing really exciting but I'm just considering making a few changes to my, my teaching practice and what I do or perhaps just incorporating more things. I haven't quite decided.

Oh, look at this… my goodness me olive oil. The price is £6.79 for olive oil. And, that's a little bit too expensive for me. I think that's virgin olive oil. But it still doesn't convince me to buy it.And I see there’s  two two Arab men kind of hanging over the bottles, mourning the price and I'm not surprised. I'm also mourning the price when I see it. 

Oh delicious what's (this)…. lovely raw jumbo king prawns. I love king, prawns…. in Spanish they're called Gambas, at least one variety is.I I love those. Um, I also love octopus but there's no chance of finding that here. What's this…. peppercorn smoked mackerel  fillets oh no thanks ….covered in sugar. Um, Oh, mozzarella. Yeah, I'll definitely have some of this. Um, and also Greek yogurt. Yeah, I think that's really necessary. Uh, 

Oh yeah, this is very interesting….  they have vegan cheese here but they no longer call it cheese, they just call it vegan. And because of that, Uh, you're supposed to recognise it so they put it in exactly the same pack as ordinary cheese. They sit it next to the cheese and they call it “vegan”, but recently, that's been a big debate about whether they can call it real cheese because it technically isn't, I don't know what it's made of, but if it's vegan, it's not dairy….

 Oh delicious a  roast whole chicken for £4.99. Yeah, but it's tiny. The weight is 0.8 kilograms,,,goodness knows what that is. I’d need to know that in pounds, but it looks tiny. What's this… vegan spreads? Oh yeah. This is supposed to be hummus but they can't call it hummus anymore because of our advertising rules. Anything vegan needs to have its own name. It can’t say vegan cheese or vegan hummus because that's not what it is. 

Halloumi, I love that. Um, anyway yeah, I'm just wandering around here, so Uh, just to carry on with what I was saying. Uh yeah, I'm just contemplating my future when I was hanging over a cup of coffee this morning just thinking about …you know, we're all looking for new projects to be involved with So I'm just seeing what that looks like.

New hobby, maybe. Um, Or new project at work. I don't know, but I'll keep you posted on that. Oh delicious tuna steaks. Oh, I love those. 

Um, Okay. Let me just describe what I'm seeing. I'm in a kind of like Warehouse supermarket. Um, everything is Uh, kind of packed to the ceiling in this place and it has like those low hanging fluorescent lights. And as I'm walking around I can see that It's quite busy, particularly the alcohol section. And it's only 11 A.M right now. Local time. Uh, So, it's a bit early to be thinking of those kind of things.

Yeah, very nice. So Oh, Nutella, oh  delicious. I love that. That's that chocolate spread. I think it's Italian. It's lovely. Um, but I can't have any of it, but it is very nice. Oh delicious runny honey. £2.25. I don't know why that would be so expensive. I mean runny  honey, is it not just, um, just from the bees.

But yeah all kinds of natural food’s expensive, isn't it? Oh, I'm just watching these two Arab boys, who were staring at the olive oil. They've now bought loads of biscuits. Um, Yeah, and Indian sweets as well.

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Hello, everyone, and welcome again to another Teacher Joseph podcast. 

(OAP is usually written as OAP - not O.A.P.)

Today, we are asking what is an OAP. An OAP is an old age, pensioner. Now, we never say the word “Oap” We always spell out the acronym, an OAP.  And this is how we refer to older people.

It may be a pensioner in receipt of government benefits, but it might just be an older person who looks a little bit frail. Frail, just means maybe not as fit as once they were…. an old age pensioner, that's how we talk about older people,particularly those who are receiving the government state pension and are aged around 50, well, actually no 60, 65.

Yes, I think 65 is the earliest date these days you can receive the government benefit. Now, there's a headline in our newspaper today that talks about the rise of OAP shoplifters. Now, as I mentioned the other day, on this podcast, shoplifting is kind of a big thing in the UK now.

Morris Dancing and other news from the UK. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dPY23DVZ6YZErRpDVfruh_vmVRWUEozdikQlqdLxRX0/edit?usp=sharing

As I mentioned, St. George’s Day can be a little bit controversial because the day is often

heavily politicized. English and British people generally are reclaiming their right to proclaim

themselves as Scottish or English rather than simply saying they are British.

Today in our media there's some pictures of some of the celebrations which took place

yesterday. There's Morris dancers... now Morris dancers are very specifically English traditional

dancers who sometimes appear when there's English... very specifically English celebrations.

It's like an English folk dance. Now, many people don't know this, but in the same way as you

have Scotland with bagpipes and you have Irish people doing river dancing and talking in Irish.

In England they have Morris dancers.

Now, this is often overlooked because it's not so well known. In a country, which is full of

diversity... English traditional things often get overlooked. Of course there's the traditional

English pubs. That's one thing which English people recognise as being something which

belongs to them but they do also have some dancing.

Morris dancers are usually men who wear white suits with some red sashes across their body.

They're often wielding white flags and have bells tied to their legs to make noises as they move.

We use the word “wield” when someone is handling a flag or a weapon or generally holding something. You might recognise that word from the headlines in the newspaper.

More Brexit woes :-) https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ra-c46fwU7GJ5qQEP62rKSWn5S1GZoj/view?usp=drivesdk

Today's phrase is “to be at risk”. To be at risk. And to be at risk, means to be in a situation where there's a possibility of something negative. A negative outcome, which could be dangerous orcould be illness or maybe it's just something, which will expose you to a particular event that youdon't want.Now, just to clarify, to be at risk indicates exposure to circumstances which you may finddifficult. Let's do some examples so I can explain a little bit more. It's always better when wemake examples.If you don't study English. Then the English that you have may be at risk.An investor putting all their money into one place is at risk of losing their whole Investment.A student, who's struggling with his studies is at risk of falling behind in school.A homeless person who's sleeping on the streets is at risk of catching an illness or violence orexposure to bad weather conditions.To be at risk. Now, let's just pick up for a moment on this issue of your English being at risk. Forthose of you who know me, I'm very into creativity. I'm very much into this idea of bringingEnglish alive but if you simply study grammar all the time, just to make your English good,you're missing out on the practical examples and because of that Your English may be at risk.It becomes dry and uninteresting because you've spent your time just studying the rules aboutit, It's like walking around the swimming pool reading a book about swimming. And then saying,“okay, I know how to swim”. But yet, when you're in the water actually doing the swimming, it's alittle bit better.So of course with your English if you're simply walking around the edge saying,” ah, yes now Iknow how to make the present perfect”. It's not really going to help you. Just picking up again onthis idea of swimming... walking around the swimming pool saying, “Now I know how to do thisparticular type of swimming, the back stroke or the front stroke”. It would be better if someonejust pushed you into the water and then you would learn quickly and more easily. So that's oneway in which your studies could be at risk. Also, your job might be at risk. If your boss tells youthat the company is having problems.Now, let's look at a few examples of “at risk” from the media.... one headline in one of ournewspapers today is all about Brexit. They’re saying that because of Brexit, UK drug shortagesare putting lives at risk. Now, when it says drug shortages, it means medicine. In AmericanEnglish and here as well we often call very specific types of medicine,drugs. And it says here“drug shortages are a new normal in Britain caused by Brexit”. And, one of the advisors to theGovernment is saying that we need to be very careful because a recent surge in the number ofdrugs unavailable is creating serious problems for doctors, pharmacists, The Health Service andof course, the people who take them. There's a number of warnings from drug companies, that'smedicine supply companies. About impending supply problems..... impending means somethingthat's just about to happen.Last year 648, drugs were unavailable and that's risen now to 1634. Now I don't think I've readthat properly so I'm going to read exactly what it says here because it's not last year.It's from2020. It says “the number of warnings, drug companies have issued about impending supplyproblems has more than doubled from 648 in 2020 to 1634 last year”. So, It's 648 from 2020,not 2023. And it's saying this is becoming quite normal now particularly for Diabetes, Epilepsy.And Attention Deficit Syndrome.So, I don't know what's going to happen. You know, many of us here in the UK have diabetes.So that's a bit of a big issue. To be honest, I haven't heard of any problems in supply, where Iam. But it's saying that these are impending... waiting to come in.