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The reason I prefer tailor-made lessons to the traditional following-the-language-book method is that even though devising the syllabus is a tad more challenging, the reward of successfully teaching something is indescribable. I still can add the essential topics recommended by the language books, but the flexibility definitely gives teachers and students a stronger basis to cooperate and trust each other. This is essential to be able to hone the weaker topics a student might struggle with, and by strengthening the weak skills, students can deepen their knowledge and their confidence soars, which can help maintain and improve their motivation. Gosh, this sounded like a piece of the annual report from the International Teachers' Conference on Methodology and Pedagogy.

Anyway, my student enjoyed the class today, and despite leaving out half of the planned lesson, we made notable progress. She is a natural talent in language learning, and even though we only scratch the surface of grammar - meaning we avoid the linguist mambo-jumbo - I can impart the essential pieces of grammar information. I strongly believe, that despite one's age, one can learn any language without diving into the realm of structural linguistics. Simplifying the essential grammatical differences and being able to introduce and translate topics to the student's needs is crucial to achieve any success. The correlation between teaching the tai chi set and teaching English is quite remarkable in terms of simplifying, meaning giving only an essential amount of data and instructions and gradually upping the ante each time I want to teach something new by keeping in mind the student's needs.

But enough is enough, let's get back to mundane things. We slept in today. The alarm went off at 5 a.m., but it was 7:30 a.m. when we dragged ourselves out of bed. The weather pulled itself together and returned to what is typical of November. Raining was the only aspect I didn't particularly enjoy today. "C'est la vie!" or "Bonjour Trieste!" as Dell boy would say. Á propos, I started watching the brilliant Only Fools and Horses series, and I absolutely adore this British classic. One of the best gags ever! Rodney, Dell boy, Granddad, and Boycie with Marlene are brilliantly depicted characters, and the actors deliver a superb performance in each episode. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

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