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Is this free?
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Er, yes...
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Great. Could I, er, register for one of your courses please?
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Yes you can. do you have the reference number there?
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I do. it's EF4, English as a foreign language - beginners level.
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Can I take your name?
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Yes you can. It's Jackie O'Farrell.
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And the name of the person who'll be taking the course?
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Jackie O'Farrell.
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Sorry, it's for yourself?
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Well, yes.
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You are English.
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Well, I know that.
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So, you speak English already then, presumably?
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Well of course I do! But I only speak English English.
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I don't know how to speak it as a foreign language!
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There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding...
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Just, just listen...
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Foreign people can't understand a word I'm saying at the moment.
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I travel abroad quite often
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so it's gonna benefit them and me.
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Yeah but English as a foreign language, is English!
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That's, that's not a problem.
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Look I think maybe, with the communication abroad thing
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what you're really looking for is just a simple foreign language.
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Don't tell me what I do and don't want to study!
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I don't wanna do that, that is too difficult.
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I want to start with something easy.
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I think you may find it of limited use given that
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YOU DO ALREADY SPEAK ENGLISH
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I want to learn it as a foreign language!
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English, is just English!
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What about teaching as a foreign language?
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Yeah, well until I can speak English as a foreign language
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I can't very well teach it to anyone, can I!
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English is only a foreign language to foreign people
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You can only learn English as foreign if you yourself are foreign to English!
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Shall I do a Venn diagram...
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Don't draw anything!
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Do you do foreign as an English language?
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You could try Robin, he's in charge of that...
